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Palestinian photographer Mahmud Hams, winner of the Best Photo category at the 2024 Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Awards for war correspondents, dedicated his prize to all journalists "bravely and honestly" covering the war in Gaza. He was one of a dozen reporters honoured for their work on the conflict, which is the…

African football chiefs launched an inquiry on Tuesday into an incident in which a plane carrying the Nigeria football squad and its technical advisers was diverted from its scheduled destination and landed at an airstrip hundreds of kilometres away from the venue of their Africa Cup of Nations clash against…

Randal Kolo Muani bagged a brace on Monday night as France edged past Belgium 2-1 to maintain their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Nations League.

At a meeting in Luxembourg, EU foreign ministers on Monday imposed sanctions on prominent Iranian officials and entities, including airlines, accused of taking part in the transfer of missiles and drones for Russia to use against Ukraine. They also called on Israel to stop attacking UN peacekeepers at the Israel-Lebanon…

France's women's football team head coach Laurent Bonadei led the tributes on Monday to former skipper Amandine Henry who announced her retirement from the international game on Sunday.

The French government wants to adopt a new immigration law in 2025, just one year after the previous bill split the majority in the National Assembly. It would be the 33rd immigration law in 44 years.

France saw a drop in cases of students flouting France's strict secularism rules, or laicite, at the start of this school year, according to the new education Minister Anne Genetet, who also called for more training for teachers in how to address these issues.

Kenyan athletics chiefs were on Monday basking in the glory of another marathon world record for one of their long distance runners after Ruth Chepngetich shaved nearly two minutes off the previous high in the women's race at Sunday's Chicago Marathon.

French middle and high schools will be observing a minute of silence Monday to commemorate Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, two teachers murdered during jihadist attacks in 2020 and 2023.