AFP

Articles by AFP

Heavy security on Herat streets amid deadly crackdown against women

News June 13, 2026

• Planned protests abandoned amid fears of clash as armed patrols, checkpoints blanket city • UN experts say Taliban fired on men, women and children HERAT: Heavily armed security forc...

US spy powers lapse raises World Cup concerns

News June 13, 2026

WASHINGTON: A major US surveillance authority is set to expire on Friday midnight, deepening concerns over national security as the World Cup gets underway and Washington remains deadlocked over Presi...

Canada draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina to earn first ever World Cup point

News June 12, 2026

Co-hosts Canada grabbed a second-half equaliser to draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday in the first World Cup finals game ever played on Canadian soil. Cyle Larin got Canada’s goal after ...

A year after deadly Air India crash, families await answers

News June 12, 2026

Families of those killed in last year’s Air India plane crash gathered at the site on Friday to mark the anniversary of the disaster, still awaiting answers about its cause. On June 12, 2025, a Boei...

Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 to kick off 2026 FIFA World Cup

News June 11, 2026

Mexico ignited their World Cup party with a dominant 2-0 victory over nine-man South Africa on Thursday as the biggest ever edition of the global footballing showpiece kicked off at Mexico City’s ic...

Weather pattern El Nino has begun, says US agency NOAA

News June 11, 2026

The weather phenomenon El Nino has arrived, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday, and scientists expect it will intensify into the end of the year, potentially t...

Smuggled dinosaur fossils return to Mongolia after two decades

News June 11, 2026

Mongolia has recovered a rare dinosaur skeleton and a trove of fossils illegally exported two decades ago, authorities said Wednesday, concluding years of efforts to return the palaeontological treasu...

FIFA World Cup set for kickoff after high ticket prices, visa issues dog buildup

Sports June 11, 2026

The World Cup kicks off on Thursday with co-hosts Mexico taking on South Africa in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, launching a sprawling tournament of 48 teams that will last nearly six weeks. The ...

Folding clothes, making coffee and sandwich — Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs

Technology June 11, 2026

With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future. Earning just over t...

UK probes Ryanair over fees for parents to sit with children

News June 11, 2026

Britain’s competition watchdog said on Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Irish carrier Ryanair over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children. The no-frills airline requi...


Warning: PHP Request Shutdown: Write failed: No space left on device (28) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: PHP Request Shutdown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct () in Unknown on line 0