Category : World News

(AFP) From why we follow our noses to trying to match Putin’s pecs. Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world. – Show...

(AFP) The Gogol Centre theatre, one of the last bastions of artistic freedom in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, shut its doors Thursday night with a defiant...

(AFP) Missiles slammed into a Ukrainian apartment building and a recreation centre early Friday, killing 21 people and wounding dozens in the Odessa region, in...

(AFP) The UN’s cultural agency on Friday inscribed the culture surrounding  beetroot soup known as borshch in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage,...

(AFP) A French court on Friday jailed a man for 20 years over dozens of rapes and sexual assaults he committed over a 30-year period...

(AFP) Dialogue between Myanmar’s junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody crisis unleashed by the toppling of her government last...

(AFP) West African leaders on Sunday will weigh the future of sanctions imposed against three countries where the military have seized power, sparking concern for...

(AFP) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a “new start” in relations with France as he met President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, after...

(AFP) The United States’ top general for Africa has warned of “violent extremism” and the threat of Russian mercenaries in the Sahel region, speaking as...

(AFP) As Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Hong Kong Friday after a rare visit to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain,...