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France's health minister has warned requisitions could be used as self-employed doctors and specialists launch a 10-day strike on Monday to protest measures in the 2026 social security budget. Unions predict the movement will be widely followed.

France's main Braille publisher is in financial crisis after a bold decision to sell its embossed books for the same price as standard ones. Its future raises the broader question of whether printed Braille still matters in the digital age – as its staff and visually impaired volunteers believe it…

Real Madrid forward Brahim Diaz maintained his goal-a-game record at the Africa Cup of Nations by scoring to take Morocco into the quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Tanzania in Rabat on Sunday.

Facing unemployment and social tensions, young people in Madagascar are returning to ancestral possession rituals and traditions tied to identity and belonging.

The French government has said it is tightening checks on around a dozen food ⁠imports in a bid to ease concerns of farmers who have been protesting at what they say is unfair competition from countries with looser regulations.

Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant whose 54 years in the wild came to symbolise the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers.

Paying homage to his welder father, artist Francisco Serrato is nonetheless carving his own path when it comes to working with metal – creating experimental steel sculptures that combine industrial materials with a very human touch.

France’s political class has largely condemned the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ​by US armed forces, but President Emmanuel Macron has denounced neither the method nor the intervention itself, saying the Venezuelan people should "rejoice". France's leftwing parties have slammed his comments as a "disgrace".

After years of negotiations, the Turkish military may finally be close to acquiring American F-35 fighter jets. United States President Donald Trump has suggested a deal could be near, despite Israel warning that the sale would threaten its security amidst rising tensions with Turkey.

The United Kingdom says it joined France in overnight air strikes on an underground facility near Palmyra in Syria that is believed to have been used by the Islamic State (IS) armed group to store weapons.

Teenager Ibrahim Mbaye scored four minutes after coming off the bench to clinch a 3-1 victory for Senegal over Sudan in Tangiers on Saturday in the first Africa Cup of Nations last-16 match.