IS ‘caliphate’ in Syria dead within a month: commander

AFP | Military operations against the Islamic State group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pockets of the jihadists' self-proclaimed "caliphate" will be...

Trump faces unfamiliar jolt in US govt shutdown row: losing

AFP | Donald Trump loves to make the pistol gesture when pronouncing his "You're fired" catchphrase. But in the tussle with Democrats over the longest...

At Sundance, a fresh look at man’s first walk on the Moon

AFP | It's easy to think that 50 years on, we know everything there is to know about the Apollo 11 mission and man's legendary...

In rural Tunisia, inheritance reform offers women rare boost

AFP | Tunisian divorcee Latifa counts herself lucky she has a modest home that boasts a neat vegetable garden, a fig tree, and a pomegranate...

Six Nations is ‘love-hate relationship’ for Schmidt

AFP | Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt admits he has a love-hate relationship with the Six Nations despite engineering three titles and a Grand Slam...

S. Korea in airborne fight against ‘Chinese’ pollution

AFP | Seoul on Friday sent aircraft over the Yellow Sea to carry out cloud-seeding experiments in an effort to tackle air pollution many South...

BuzzFeed story, video prompt media soul-searching, Trump attacks

AFP | The BuzzFeed story was a bombshell: President Donald Trump instructed his lawyer to lie to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower...

Children of Nazis and their victims share family history to mark Holocaust

AFP | The moment may sound familiar to many; a family gathered around a kitchen table after the death of a parent, taking stock of...

Parade to mark wartime siege stirs anger in Saint Petersburg

AFP | Plans for a military parade in Saint Petersburg marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad have provoked an...

Remains found of explorer who put Australia on the map

AFP | The remains of the first British explorer to circumnavigate the Australian continent and popularise the country's name have been found near a busy...

DR Congo set for historic political transition

AFP | Felix Tshisekedi is to be sworn in on Thursday as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the country's first-ever peaceful handover...

Liberia wrestles with poverty and ecology in bid to protect sharks

AFP | George Toe reflects on the good old days, when catching a couple of sharks helped fill a fisherman's pocket and fed a hungry...