In southern Morocco, volunteers are hunting for waste embedded in the sand, and they do not have to look far. Bottles, plastic bags -- "there are all kinds", noted one helper who has joined the initiative cleaning up the edge of a village bordering...

The attack killing 26 men has enraged India, with New Delhi accusing neighbouring Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism". Pakistan denies responsibility. Eyewitness accounts and Indian media reports suggest it was a well-planned and targe...

The Silencing Women Project, an NGO-run initiative, recorded 170 femicides last year in just 10 of the country's 47 counties, "the deadliest year on record for Kenyan women". Femicide typically refers to murders by a partner, spouse or family membe...

President Volodymyr Zelensky will be one of the prominent mourners at Saturday's funeral for Francis even though the pope never visited Ukraine and critics said he echoed Kremlin talking points by saying the war was "provoked" and portraying it as p...

After losing to Las Palmas last week, Atlético Madrid bounced back with a great win (3-0) over Rayo Vallecano. Sorloth, Gallagher and Alvarez scored for Colchoneros.

Goals from Americans Brian White and Sebastian Berhalter gave the Canadian team a deserved victory in front of a sold-out 53,837 crowd at BC Place. Both teams are looking to reach the continental final for the first time but the star-studded Miami ...

If they beat sixth-placed Mainz and second-placed Bayer Leverkusen fail to beat Augsburg at home, Bayern and Kane will be crowned Bundesliga winners. Bayern are eight points clear with four games remaining, so a first title for Kane is a mere form...

Although the Catalan giants, also in the Champions League semi-finals, are widely considered the best team in Spain at the moment, Carlo Ancelotti's faltering Los Blancos could claim both domestic titles still on the line. Madrid trail leaders Barc...

Lyon beat the Gunners 2-1 in the first leg last Saturday at the Emirates Stadium, Haitian forward Melchie Dumornay scoring their late winner after Mariona Caldentey's penalty for the hosts had cancelled out Kadidiatou Diani's opener. They might no ...

De Zerbi has been dissatisfied with his team's performances in recent weeks, even though Marseille are second in the Ligue 1 table with four games remaining, meaning they are on course to qualify for next season's Champions League. They had suffere...

US stocks rallied for a third straight session on Thursday, shrugging off signs that US trade deals with China and the European Union aren't imminent despite promising signs elsewhere. Beijing said on Thursday any claims of ongoing trade talks with...

White House aides say the initiative could see US operations scoop up more than a billion metric tons of mineral-rich deep-sea nodules, and pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the American economy. But the move to disrupt ocean floor ecosyste...

"What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman," archaeologist David Palomino told AFP. The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 ...

Ten years ago, on April 25, 2015, the ground beneath Nepal shuddered with a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing nearly 9,000 people, injuring over 22,000, and leaving millions homeless. The disaster also reduced monuments to ruins, including centurie...

But the villagers who set it ablaze dance below in a ceremony celebrating the inferno as a moment of regeneration and hope. "It's a tradition from our ancestors," said Joseph, a youth leader from Tha Yu village in Myanmar's eastern Shan state. "It...