General News

Washington (AFP) - The leader of the Democratic minority in the US Senate introduced legislation Monday that would block President Donald Trump from using a luxury plane offered by Qatar...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - An actors' union is suing the makers of the Fortnite video game over the use of AI to create an interactive Darth Vader, it...

New York (AFP) - Prosecutors trying the case of Sean "Diddy" Combs on Monday began questioning witnesses to his alleged pattern of violence including the music mogul's ex-girlfriend's one-time best...

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to "immediately" start ceasefire talks on Monday after the US president spoke for more than two hours on the...

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - NATO countries look on course to agree a deal on ramping up their defence spending target at a summit in The Hague next month in a...

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Leo XIV received US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican Monday, ahead of a US-led push to...

Palm Springs (United States) (AFP) - The FBI on Sunday identified the suspect behind the bombing at a California fertility clinic as a 25-year-old man with "nihilistic ideation" who is...

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at his inaugural mass Sunday attended...

New York (AFP) - US safety officials launched a probe Sunday after a 150-foot tall Mexican sailing ship crashed into New York's iconic Brooklyn Bridge, snapping its masts and killing...

Cannes (France) (AFP) - This year's Cannes film festival has all the usual glitz and glamour but is also heavy on politics.  AFP looks at some of the topics, films,...