Articles by AFP
They came from around the world: hundreds of journalists rushed to Islamabad’s flagship convention centre — converted into a media hub by Pakistani authorities for landmark talks between the Unite...
The United States and Iran have been sworn enemies since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran.
On Saturday, the arch-foes are set to hold talks in Islamabad t...
DHAKA: Rocking her baby to soothe his searing pain and gasping breaths, 18-year-old Rubia Akhtar Brishti recounts how her son nearly died in Bangladesh’s deadly measles outbreak.
“The boy had (a) ...
BRITISH PM Keir Starmer shakes hands with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman.—Reuters
• Calls alliance a ‘defensive’ bloc that has ensured decades of sa...
Israel has approved the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports and the watchdog Peace Now, which said the decision was taken “secretly” i...
China’s President Xi Jinping met Taiwan’s opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, telling the visiting delegation he had “full confidence” that Taiwanese and Chinese people ...
It was a war JD Vance never wanted. Now the US vice president has been tasked with ending it. Vance heads to Pakistan this week with orders from President Donald Trump to turn the shaky Iran ceasefire...
It was a war JD Vance never wanted. Now the US vice president has been tasked with ending it. Vance heads to Pakistan this week with orders from President Donald Trump to turn the shaky Iran ceasefire...
• Worshippers describe an ‘indescribable happiness’, one calls it ‘a miracle’• Tensions flare as police disperse Muslims at Al Aqsa for Jewish visitors
JERUSALEM : Just before 5am at Jerus...
US First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise statement on Thursday denying any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, or that she herself was a victim of the convicted sex offender.
The 55-year-old’...
