Libya and China discussed expanding the scope of economic and investment cooperation and leveraging Chinese expertise in reconstruction, development,...

Libya’s Tripoli based Passport Investigation Department reported today that statistics compiled for August this year regarding the deportation of fore...

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Journalists missing after Indonesian volcanic eruption

The country has faced persistent blackouts since June, with some lasting up to 48 hours, residents say.

All foreigners without proper documents in Kenya are urged to register through their embassies.

Brent crude - the global benchmark for prices - rises after the US hit five Iranian tankers on Tuesday

The foreign secretary disagrees that sanctions on Israeli settlements could put British Jews at greater risk.

In today’s edition, FRANCE 24’s Delano D'Souza speaks with the man at the heart of France's food supply chain. Stéphane Layani is the head of the Rungis wholesale food market – the largest of its kind in Europe – and chairman of the World Union of Wholesale Markets. Earlier this year Layani came out with a book titled Le Monde a faim, or "The World is Hungry" in English. In his interview, he gives his perspective on how France's food system will transform in the coming years.

The aviation sector is one of the India's strongest-performing industries. More than 70 airports have been built over the past decade, and the country counts over 400 million air passengers annually. In just ten years, India has become the world's third-largest aviation market, behind China and the United States.

Shallah, Fatimah and Maahi are among hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past year to a life of severe restrictionsIt was a warm summer afternoon on 15 August 2021 when the Taliban entered Kabul and changed the lives of millions. Shallah*, then 16, watched the news at home on the Afghan TV channel Tolo news. She ran crying to the garden, to tell her mother that Afghanistan had fallen.Her younger sister, Fatimah*, then 11, was at her cousin’s house, where her aunt told her the news. At the time, she says, she did not understand what a takeover meant, or who the Taliban were. Her elder sister, Maahi*, then 22, was well aware of the consequences and remembers her hands shaking at work as she read the news on her phone, on Facebook pages of Afghan news. Continue reading...

In today’s newsletter: Ed Miliband has announced the strongest statement on Israel’s actions ever issued by the the UK government, but will it make a meaningful difference to Palestinians?Good morning. For almost half a century, British governments have condemned illegal Israeli settlements, acknowledging they represent an obstacle to peace and threaten the prospect of a two-state solution. And yet no government has ever compelled Israel to stop its expansion.Ed Miliband’s statement in the House of Commons yesterday was an attempt to change that. In a powerful and emotive speech, the foreign secretary recounted childhood memories of picking oranges on his grandmother’s kibbutz, accused Israeli “terrorists” of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and announced a series of new measures intended to address what he described as a “deeply painful contrast” between rhetoric and reality.UK news | Police have been told by the government they expect better intelligence gathering after masked far-right groups took to the streets at the weekend, the Guardian has learned, as the Kent force admitted mishandling warnings of potential trouble.UK politics | Andy Burnham should tackle inequality in the UK by introducing a wealth tax, universal free personal social care and bringing gas and electricity networks under public ownership, according to a report from more than a dozen influential thinkers.Airline industry | Flight delays and cancellations were expected to continue today at UK airports after another air traffic control failure kept planes grounded for hours, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.Iran | Iranian forces claimed to have seized an American underwater drone in the strait of Hormuz that the US military said had “malfunctioned” more than a day earlier.US news | Donald Trump gave sizeable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration, including $45,000 to executive assistant Natalie Harp. Continue reading...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s international leisure tourism is forecast to expand by 93 percent between 2025 and 2030, outpacing projected growth of 64 percent across the Middle East and 30 percent globally. The forecast, measured by overnight arrivals, was published by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, in a report presented at WTM Spotlight Riyadh. International travel to the Kingdom grew by 67 percent between 2019 and 2025, compared with 20 percent across the Middle East and 5 percent g

The Jordanian army successfully intercepted four smuggling attempts of approximately 500,000 narcotic pills along its eastern border with Syria and Iraq, utilizing guided balloons for transport. Coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Department underscores Jordan's commitment to combatting drug trafficking, as criminal networks continue to exploit its geographic position as a transit hub for narcotics.

Dozens of exhibitors from several countries are taking part in the El Alamein International Air Show, held this week at the airport in Egypt's northwestern Mediterranean coast.

Gambian President Adama Barrow on Tuesday pledged to boost power supplies by next month after violent protests over blackouts that have dogged the west African country since June