Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.

The UK and Australia are also trying to develop underwater capability and share information. Australia is to equip its Hunter Class frigates with Thales’s 2087 sonar which could contribute around £45 ...

West Africa’s regional bloc, Ecowas, has approved an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping. In ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1,000, the island’s top government official has said. Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier ...

French police are investigating the deaths of five people who were fatally shot in the Dunkirk area of northern France on Saturday. A 22-year-old man later turned himself in to police, according to ...

The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGO agencies to people in the country, as well as to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.