AFP news agency

People gather during a vigil honoring those who died in a warehouse fire in Oakland, California. More than 4,000 people came to offer condolences and mourn the lives lost in the tragic fire.

For generations the Mohanna tribe have lived and worked on Pakistan's Manchar Lake but an unrelenting flow of toxic wastewater has slowly rendered it inhospitable, poisoning the water and almost ev...

Hundreds of Kurds are returning to their homes in Sirnak south east Turkey to find their homes in ruins, following fierce fighting between Turkish forces and the PKK.

The United Nations appeals for a record $22.2 billion (20.9 billion euros) to provide aid in 2017 to surging numbers of people hit by conflicts and disasters around the world.

Kafa Jawish hadn't slept in days, daydreaming of seeing her home in east Aleppo for the first time in four years, but when she arrived she found little more than rubble. The 36-year-old was among h...

At least 46 people were killed in suspected Russian air strikes on several areas of Idlib province in northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

People gather during a vigil honoring those who died in a warehouse fire in Oakland, California. More than 4,000 people came to offer condolences and mourn the lives lost in the tragic fire.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a political and military alliance aimed at safeguarding the defence and security of its 28 members in Europe and North America. VIDEOGRAPHIC

Air pollution kills more than six million people worldwide every year. Around half of the deaths are linked to poor air quality outdoors. VIDEOGRAPHIC

Europe's populists greeted with glee on Monday the demise of Italy's premier but their enthusiasm was tempered by the failure of Austria's Norbert Hofer to become the EU's first far-right president...

An island of ice and lava battered by the Arctic winds, Iceland's dramatic and pristine landscape is attracting a growing number of tourists, not all of whom are respectful of the fragile ecosystem.

For generations the Mohanna tribe have lived and worked on Pakistan's Manchar Lake but an unrelenting flow of toxic wastewater has slowly rendered it inhospitable, poisoning the water and almost ev...