Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian says there is not much he can do as the currency has rapidly depreciated, with $1 now trading at around 1.4 million rials....
In tonight's edition, iconic Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accuses the Lagos Euracare hospital of negligence over the death of her infant son. Also, Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says ...
In a sobering decision, one drunk thief apparently changed his tune and returned two mandolins that he had previously stolen, according to the owner of a New Jersey vintage guitar store....
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In early December, Joshua Aaron, the developer behind the ICEBlock app - designed to let people alert others about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents - filed a federal la...
The year is coming to an end, and many people in Germany traditionally celebrate with fireworks. What looks like harmless fun at first glance has serious consequences for wild animals and pets. German...
In a bid to reclaim the narrative, the government called for nationwide rallies backing the Islamic republic with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying the turnout was a "warning" to the United States....
The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating non-consensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as report...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute, says that 'we're seeing a dramatic radicalisation of the protest movement which is ultimately a reac...
Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to...
Protests over the killing of Renee Good are taking place across the US. The Trump administration says the gay mom was a dangerous far-left radical; protesters say ICE agents are trigger-happy goons. D...
Judaism in Morocco has a long history. Most Jews left the country for Israel after 1948. Today the small Jewish community and the Muslim population live side by side, despite the emotional fallout fro...
After the deadly fire at the Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, questions are growing about the country's safety regulations....
The United Nations' top court will begin hearing a landmark genocide case against Myanmar on January 12, 2026. Gambia brought the case against the Southeast Asian country, accusing it of genocide of i...
As protests continue in Iran, the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) says it's confirmed 648 people killed during the unrest. It said an estimated 10,000 people had also been arrested. Over two ...
Hundreds of protesters have been killed in demonstrations over the past two weeks, according to rights groups and local sources in Iran, FRANCE 24 Observers journalist Ershad Alijani reported, noting ...
The proportion of overweight and obese people in Hong Kong increased by more than five per cent over the last seven years, making up nearly half the population, a study has found, as doctors warned ag...
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but some of the people there earn less than $4 a month....
The internet is down across most of Iran as the ongoing protests escalate towards a potential turning point in the country's history....
A UK employment tribunal rejected a request from fired Rockstar Games employees to receive interim pay while waiting for a full hearing about their dismissal, according to Bloomberg and IGN . After Ro...