A court in Algeria Tuesday ordered the detention of a journalist and activist on charges of "undermining the morale of the army", according to a committee that defends detainees. A judge at the court in the western city of Oran placed Said Boudour in custody days after his arrest, the...

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton declared in an Instagram post on Wednesday he worried about the "extinction of our race" if humans kept eating animals. "I'm sad right now with the thought of where this world is going," wrote Hamilton in a post he later took down. The...

Britain and the EU were seen to be closing in on a detailed draft Brexit deal on Tuesday, although officials voiced scepticism it would be ready in time for a key European summit this week. The pound jumped to its highest level in five months on cautious optimism voiced by both sides that...

A new row over secularism and the wearing of the Islamic hijab in public buildings has erupted in France after a far-right politician asked a woman accompanying her son and other children on a school trip to remove her headscarf. The issue has divided politicians and citizens in a country...