Politics

Clermont-Ferrand (France) (AFP) - French police said they were holding a man on Friday for threatening a school principal who turned away his daughter for wearing a traditional Muslim abaya...

Washington (AFP) - The manufacturer of a widely used abortion pill asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to toss out a lower court ruling that would restrict access to...

With its war zone imagery and macho voiceover it could be a movie trailer -- but the sunglasses-clad star of a new campaign ad is none other than 80-year-old US...

A special grand jury in Georgia investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election recommended bringing charges against more people than were ultimately indicted, including a powerful US senator and two...

Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of the most influential -- and at 83 years old, longest-serving -- Democrats, said Friday she will seek another term as a representative...

Washington (AFP) - The United States confirmed Friday that it seized a tanker load of Iranian oil in April, just before Iran seized two vessels in the Gulf region, in...

US President Joe Biden was welcomed warmly by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ahead of a G20 summit in New Delhi, but journalists were blocked from covering the...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Friday that "slower" arms supplies from Western countries were threatening his counteroffensive, calling for more "powerful and long-range" weapons to push...

US President Joe Biden and other G20 leaders gathered in New Delhi on Friday for their annual summit, as deep divisions between heavyweight members and a no-show by China's Xi...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine denounced what it called "fake elections" being held by Moscow on its occupied territory Friday, while Russian air strikes across the country killed four people...