Fiji rugby stars Josaia Raisuqe and Vuidravuwalu Waisea are to be tried for a combination of drunken violence and sexual assault after an incident at a Paris nightspot, judicial sources told AFP on...
Swaziland, which bears the world's heaviest HIV burden, has halved the rate of new infections in five years by boosting access to virus-suppressing drugs, researchers said Monday. The country where...
A South African girl has become only the third child to beat the AIDS virus into long-term remission -- almost nine years and counting -- after receiving a drug cocktail in infancy, researchers...
Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will hold talks near Paris on Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the powerful military commander based in the country's east, the French presidency said....
Organisers of an international HIV science conference on Sunday urged the US government, a major donor of AIDS research and treatment programmes, to "stay engaged" even as President Donald Trump has...
The heads of the opposing sides in Libya's crisis are planning to meet in Paris on Tuesday for talks to find a way out of the impasse, according to reports. Khalifa Haftar, who controls the east of...
Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision -- a traditional ritual that can prove...
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's proposed cuts to global health projects, experts and campaigners warned ahead of...
A hugely moving debut drama about exile set in a Vietnamese restaurant has become a surprise hit at the world's biggest theatre festival, with standing ovations every night and the audience in tears....
The euro rose Thursday after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's comments bolstered the single currency even as interest rates were kept low again. Draghi avoided details on when the ECB might...
From Palmyra to Paris: "Syrian Billy Elliot" Ahmad Joudeh is set on showing the real image of his nation and erasing the horrors of the Islamic state group. Joudeh was invited to Paris by singer...
Citigroup has picked Frankfurt as its headquarters for broker-dealer duties for EU countries after Brexit, a Citigroup executive announced Thursday in an email reviewed by AFP. The operations are...
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN report Thursday proclaiming "the scales have tipped". Not only are new HIV...
Donald Trump took office trailing a string of promises made during a bruising election campaign. Six months into his presidency, here is where the 45th occupant of the White House stands in...
The world's press are gathered at a news conference for Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Suns" and Dane DeHaan is waxing lyrical about co-star Cara Delevingne. The pair spent six...
Morgan Stanley has picked Frankfurt as a new temporary hub to operate in the European Union when Brexit takes effect, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. The New York investment bank...
Long before he was the auteur behind some of the most spectacular, extravagant action movies ever made, Luc Besson was a young boy in love with a comic book character. He first encountered Laureline,...
Donald Trump's first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that -- absent a major course correction -- could spell doom for his entire administration. All US...
Global stock markets were pressured Tuesday by worries about President Donald Trump's agenda after a proposed health care reform measure collapsed in Congress, raising concerns about prospects for...
There are lots of black Hollywood actors and actresses who are making waves in the international movie scene. We are often proud to associate with them as blacks, but a lot of us do not know their...
