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PRISTINA : Kosovo voters head to the polls on Sunday for snap parliamentary elections, hoping to end ten months of political deadlock and crisis. Vetevendosje (VV), the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won most votes in a February 9...

YANGON : Polls closed in the first round of Myanmar's junta-run elections on Sunday, an AFP journalist saw, ending the opening phase of a month-long vote democracy watchdogs describe as a ploy to rebrand military rule. An AFP journalist saw...

Rosatom’s Fuel Division, managed by TVEL, has launched pilot production at Russia’s first lithium-ion energy storage factory, “gigafactory” in the Kaliningrad Region. The facility marks a major step toward ensuring Russia’s technological independence in advanced energy storage technologies, a...

BIRAO : Amani Abdramane bustled around her donkey in the makeshift camp where she lives in the Central African Republic. In this northern part of the country, on the edge of the Sahel, the sun is scorching and sand is...

HONG KONG : Scores of residents flocked to a cramped shop in Hong Kong's old district to bid farewell to the city's "king of umbrellas", who is retiring after spending decades repairing umbrellas at his family business. Established in 1842...

RIYADH : The Yemeni regional coalition backed by Saudi Arabia warned on Saturday that it is ready to act directly against any military challenge from separatist forces. General Turki al-Malki, the spokesman for the Riyadh-led groups, said the groups would...

NAIROBI : Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, will head to the polls on Thursday for local elections -- the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years -- under a complete citywide lockdown amid security concerns. The east African country is struggling to emerge from...

BETHLEHEM : Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the shadow of the war in Gaza to celebrate its first festive Christmas in more than two years. Throughout the Gaza...

VATICAN CITY : Pope Leo XIV is expected to renew his calls for peace Thursday when he delivers his first Christmas blessing from St Peter's Basilica at the end of a year overshadowed by conflict, but also marked by hopes for peace...

SEOUL : Two North Korean prisoners of war held by Ukraine have expressed their desire to start a "new life" in South Korea, according to a letter seen by AFP on Wednesday. "Thanks to the support of the South Korean...