The head of Turkey's main opposition party has demanded that elections be held"at the latest in November" following the country's most widespread unrest in a decade.The protests came on the heels of last month's arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival for the presidential post.

Crowds gathered at St. Peter's Square were treated to a surprise visit from Pope Francis during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking the pontiff's first public appearance at the Vatican since his release from the hospital for a life-threatening pneumonia two weeks ago.

Frances far-right is preparing to rally in support of its leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday following a stunning court ruling that convicted her of embezzlement and banned her from holding public office in a decision that could end her presidential hopes for 2027. Critics argue she should be allowed to run.

Paris St Germain won their13thLigue 1 title overallon Saturday after a 1-0 win over Angers. The record-extending win highlights the extent to which they have dominated domestically since being taken over by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011.

Washington is to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders -- and block new arrivals -- over South Sudan's failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday. The decision comes at a time when many in Africa fear a renewal of the civil war that killed 400,000 people between 2013 and 2018.

France and Algeria resume diplomatic talks on Sunday in a sign of a possible thawing of tensions following months of vociferous exchanges that have jeopardised Paris economic interests in its former colony. Relations deteriorated when Macron backed a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty.

The city of Kyiv was under missile attack early Sunday, the mayor of the city said, leaving at least three people injured and igniting several blazes. The airstrike comes two days after a Russian aerial assault killed 18 people in President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown.

Hamas's armed wing released a two-minute clip of two Israeli hostages alive in Gaza, speaking to the camera and describing how they had survived an alleged Israeli strike. Hamas's said on Friday that Israel's offensive was putting hostages' lives at risk.

A group of Serbian students has set out on a bike journey towards the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France to protest government corruption, cited as a major reason behindthe collapse of a train station in Serbia last November that killed 16 people.

Mbele Nonhlanhla laced up her silver cleats as her coach shouted encouragement to the creaky knees, stiff backs and laboured breathing in a dressing room in South Africa's far north.

Thousands protested in the South Korean capital Saturday in support of disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office a day earlier over his bungled martial law declaration.

Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the star Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 following an illness, his family told AFP on Friday, paying tribute to the Grammy-nominated blind musician.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has test-fired a newly developed sniper rifle, state media said Saturday, as he inspected special forces whose training he said bolstered "actual war capability for guaranteeing victory".

Tunisia on Friday dismantled camps housing thousands of undocumented migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, police said, following a campaign against them on social media.

A Russian missile strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown ofKryvyi Rih, including six children, he said on Friday. Kyiv is continuing to push for security guarantees that would see foreign troops stationed on Ukrainian soil.

Spain this week stopped allowing non-EU citizens who make property investments access to residency visas, closing off a pathway to Spanish citizenship. The government said it introduced the measure to help ease Spainshousingshortage that could reach a deficit of 600,000 homes in 2025.

It was not supposed to happen again. Two years ago, after the cash-for-favours scandal known as "Qatargate" rocked the European Parliament and sent shockwaves through the EU, reforms were introduced to improve transparency. But now, fresh allegations of bribery have hit the EU's legislature purportedly to the benefit of China's tech giant Huawei, according ...

Strategic autonomy is a buzz phrase in Brussels, as the EU tries to ramp up its capabilities in key industrial sectors. Defence is of course a major focus for those efforts.But calls have grown for the bloc to boost its presence in space as well. Space is seeing weaponisation and hybrid warfare; indeed, the EU Commission says it is just as contested as ...

A mine-hunting rodent named Ronin has won the world record for most mines detected by a rat after having sniffed out more than 100 landmines and other explosive remnants scattered across Cambodia by decades of war.

With the war with Russia now in its fourth year, the number of women joining the Ukrainian army continues to soar to some 70,000 up from 56,000 at the start of the Russian invasion. Our colleagues at France 2 went to meet the female fighters of Bucha. Also the number of indigenous women murderedin the US is 10 times higher than any other ethnic group. ...

In this edition of arts24, we bring you a candid conversation with one of our greatest living authors about race, class and womanhood. From her extraordinary debut novel "Purple Hibiscus" to the Women's Prize-winning "Half of a Yellow Sun," Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has establishedherself as one of literature's most vital voices. Her TED talk "We Should All ...

This week, Valrie Fayolle meets with a major figure in African reggae none other than Alpha Blondy. For over 40 years, he's been spreading messages of peace and electrifying stages all over the world. He's here to talk about his new album "RISE" and take us on a tour of the European House of Photography, where we get a look at the work of Dennis Morris, the ...

PRESS REVIEW Friday, April 4: We bring you reactions from South Korea after the constitutional court upholds parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. What comes next for the disgraced leader? Also, we look at reactions from Hungary after Prime Minister Viktor Orban withdraws his country from the ICC. Plus: a US tourist is arrested after leaving ...

Myanmar's armed forces have carried out more than a dozen attacks since the announcement of a temporary truce this week after the nation was struck by a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people, the UN rights office said Friday.