Charges against the CEO of Telegram mark one of the few instances where the head of a major internet platform has been charged over alleged criminal failure to moderate what users do on its site.

To preserve the spirit of the Games, Paris' mayor has proposed making the five Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower a permanent fixture. Now the Eiffel family has gotten involved.

A Mr. Bean-style comic, a pygmy hippo and a Filipino teen who's been doing dance videos since she was 9 years old: we look at this year's top TikToks of the Global South.

A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa.

The governor of Damascus -- speaking for his direct boss Ahmed al-Sharaa, the newly installed leader of Syria -- says the government wants to facilitate cordial relations between Israel and Syria.