Zawia Oil Refining Company announced today that, following the completion and approval of designs and engineering specifications for the Oil Blending...

OMV announced yesterday that following the completion of technical and economic evaluations, the OMV operated “Essar” well in Libya’s Sirte Basin has...

Warsaw also says it scrambled military planes in response to a Russian attack in western Ukraine, close to its border.

The assailant sprayed vinegar at Ilhan Omar, admitting political motives were behind the assault at a townhall.

South Africa police have cautioned against assuming that all the killings are linked but many women are afraid.

The body of veteran broadcaster Owen Ndlovu was found hours after armed men kidnapped him near Johannesburg.

The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.

BBC Verify tracks down the location of a Houthi video showing the wreckage of an F-15 they claim to have shot down.

The EU laid out plans Thursday for strict age limits for children to access social media, games and AI assistants -- and on forcing companies to make platforms safe before minors use them. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Lisa Dittmer, Researcher, Children and Young People’s Digital Rights at Amnesty International, says that "the harms have come to outweigh the benefits of social media and it is time for the EU to regulate at the design level, not simply accepting that responsibility be pushed on to parents".

India has warned Washington that new measures to levy tariffs over the purchase of Russian oil could impact bilateral ties, the South Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Thursday, hours after the U.S. made a ​new move to ‌punish such buyers. Earlier in the day, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping sanctions and tariff bill intended ⁠to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.

Our ability to live for decades may seem like a modern luxury made possible by clean water and advances in medicine. In fact, human longevity is a legacy of our unique evolutionary path as a species. “Seven Decades” challenges the belief that life in the past was “nasty, brutish, and short,” tracing how our capacity for long life came to be and transforming how we think about aging. Blending vivid storytelling with cutting-edge science, anthropologist Michael Gurven weaves tales from his year

Lebanon sought international backing for an expanded role for its army at talks in Paris on Thursday that focused on the resources needed to extend state authority while Israeli forces remain on Lebanese territory and Hezbollah retains its weapons. The meeting, convened by France and Jordan, was a preparatory step toward an international conference in support of the Lebanese army and Internal Security Forces. The agenda focused on the resources needed to strengthen security institutions and enab

Displaced Yemenis who fled to Djibouti have been describing the fighting that forced them to leave. At least 100,000 people have left Yemen since the start of September as Iran-backed Houthi rebels advanced on the coast, seizing control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.

In a report co-authored with Caritas, the diocese of Pointe-Noire said farmers in the Koilou department have reported sharp drops in cassava harvests. The residents pointed the finger at gas flaring by oil companies