ISTANBUL, Oct 8 — Ahead of COP31 next month, Turkish NGOs hope the UN climate summit will offer a rare opportunity to be heard in a country where space for

PABNA (Bangladesh), Oct 7 — Bangladesh is preparing to switch on its first nuclear power plant, a long-delayed project promising relief from chronic electricity shortages — even as some fear

WARSAW, Oct 7 — Assassinated Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead outside her Moscow home in 2006, had “predicted” Russia’s trajectory under Vladimir Putin, her editor told AFP ahead of

ISTANBUL, Oct 7 — Three years into Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and UN data show sweeping consequences for women and girls, from deaths, injuries and disappearances to

OSLO, Oct 7 — Donald Trump’s chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize are seen as minimal, but his “spectre” will cast its shadow over Friday’s announcement of the winner

MOSCOW, Oct 7 — The Kremlin today appeared to reject reports of a second suspected plague case in Siberia, telling reporters when asked about the accounts that most media reporting

JAKARTA, Oct 7 — Indonesia’s former top anti-graft prosecutor went on trial on money laundering charges today, months after he was arrested with millions of dollars in cash and 70

BANGKOK, Oct 7 — Ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra told a court today that his life could be in danger if authorities seize assets including bullet-proof vehicles as part of a

WARSAW, Oct 7 — Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after seven people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland, police said today. The attack

RAMALLAH, Oct 7 — Israel’s military destroyed today memorials across the West Bank to Palestinians accused of killing Israelis or who died in clashes, on the third anniversary of Hamas’s