This illustration picture shows a plastic bag drifting in the botnia Gulf on May 3, 2023 near Pietarsaari, during the late spring as the sea-ice is slowly melting. (Olivier MORIN / AFP) PARIS, France -- With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of...
This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency Telegram account on May 10, 2023 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting with Saudi's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairy, in Damascus. (Syrian Presidency Telegram Page / AFP) DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar...
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaking during the second reading of the Government's Illegal Immigration Bill, in the House of Lords in London on May 10, 2023. (PRU / AFP) LONDON, United...
A worker drinks water in a construction site in Savenay, outside Nantes, on July 18, 2022, as a heatwave hits France. Climate change raising heat risks for workers, experts warn. (Loic VENANCE / AFP) DOHA, Qatar -- Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming...
KANO, Nigeria -- Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing when their overloaded boat capsized in a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said on Wednesday. The children were on their way from Dundeji village in Sokoto State to collect firewood in the bush on Tuesday on the other...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Labuan Bajo on May 10, 2023. (ACHMAD IBRAHIM / POOL / AFP) LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian nations vowed Wednesday tougher action on human trafficking as criminals increasingly use...
In this picture taken on May 9, 2023, police secure an area near the Ghriba synagogue following a shootout on the resort island of Djerba. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP) DJERBA, Tunisia -- Tunisian authorities were Wednesday investigating a shooting spree by a police officer that claimed five lives and...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was remanded in custody for eight days Wednesday by an anti-graft court as violent nationwide protests over his arrest erupted for a second day. Khan was arrested during a routine hearing in the capital...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand votes Sunday in an election expected to deliver a rejection of former coup leader Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, with the opposition led by exiled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter tipped to win the most seats. Polls suggest voters will hand in a damning...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand police said on Wednesday they had recovered the body of a teen killed during a "tragic" school caving trip that is now the subject of a comprehensive investigation. The teen was visiting the popular Abbey Caves complex north of Auckland on Tuesday when his...
HOUSTON, United States -- A 14-year-old girl was shot and wounded over the weekend while playing hide-and-seek in Louisiana, police said -- the latest in a tragic series of similar US shootings. The incident occurred on Sunday in the town of Starks, near the southern US state's border with Texas,...
In this file photograph taken on November 30, 2016, a Nepalese woman wearing an AIDS awareness ribbon takes part in an event to mark the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu. (PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) PARIS, France -- Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting...
