A citizens' council set up by President Emmanuel Macron to explore measures for cutting carbon emissions urged the French leader on Sunday to hold a referendum on making the destruction of nature a crime. The "ecocide" proposal topped dozens of ideas presented by the 150 randomly picked...

The United Nations Sunday released a special report expressing concerns over what it called recent "deliberate attacks" against healthcare workers and facilities in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, said it documented...

Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term as Russia's president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in an interview Sunday. Russia will hold a nationwide vote from June 25 to July 1 on proposed...

Morocco will further loosen lockdown measures for the services sector and domestic transport starting June 24, the government said Sunday. Cafes, restaurants, sports clubs, and other services and entertainment businesses will be able to resume activity at half capacity except in the...