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Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for 50 defendants, including three Americans, to face the death penalty over what the army says was a coup attempt in May.

French actress Isabelle Huppert is set to preside over the jury of the annual Venice International Film Festival, which begins on Wednesday, attracting a slew of Hollywood stars.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani announced a series of agreements on Wednesday aimed at stemming a surge in migrants venturing across the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands.

A three-hour sound and light extravaganza highlighting social contradictions involving 4,400 competitors from 160 countries will launch the 17th Paralympic Games on Wednesday night on the Champs Elysées and Place de la Concorde in central Paris.

Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region.

Just days after the commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation from German occupation during World War II, Paris city centre will be the stage for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games.

President Emmanuel Macron’s decision not to accept the left-wing New Popular Front’s candidate as prime minister has been met with anger and the promise of street protests.

Warning that sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, particularly around vulnerable Pacific island nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a fresh climate SOS to the world. His alert coincides with a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which warns that climate change threatens the very existence…

Days before the opening of the Paris Paralympic Games, the head of the Paris transport authority urged a commitment to making the Paris metro accessible to all, admitting that the current system is nearly impossible for disabled people to navigate.

Tens of thousands of homes in eastern Sudan have been destroyed after a dam burst due to weeks of heavy rain, wiping out at least 20 villages. The disaster has claimed at least 30 lives, with 200 people still missing.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that 88 Russian competitors will take part under a neutral banner at the Paris Paralympics.