Video: Iran activists mobilise against political isolation
A decade after its founding, some 50 women are now members of the group Iranian Mothers for Peace. They've recently composed a petition addressed directly to US President Donald…
Chinese growth at lowest rate since financial crisis
China's economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving quickly to calm nervous investors as a campaign to tackle…
Perspective
UK filmmaker on fate of unaccompanied minors in Calais
British filmmaker Sue Clayton's recent documentary "Calais Children: A Case to Answer" tracks unaccompanied minors at the infamous Jungle migrant camp in Calais. Clayton followed…
Revisited
Semey Revisited: The legacy of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan
Nearly 30 years after the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, local people are still suffering the consequences of four decades…
Video: Hundreds of women run in Afghan elections
Out of 2560 candidates running in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections on Saturday, 417 are women - a record for the country. However, the challenges they face within…
Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, France and Germany
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host a summit on the Syria conflict with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France on October 27 in Istanbul, his spokesman said Friday.
French fans queue up for posthumous Hallyday album
Fans of French rocker Johnny Hallyday, whose death last year sparked a nationwide outpouring of emotion, queued outside record stores on Thursday night to get their hands on his…
Post-Brexit visas for Brits? 'Fake news' says Macron
Visas for visitors from Britain after Brexit? "Fake news!" insisted President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, scoffing at the idea that France would ever impose such a demand on its…
