National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek's walks through the countryside of Japan have been unexpectedly lonely. That's ...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll international ...

Germany is deploying 5,000 troops to Lithuania, marking the first such permanent deployment to another country since the end ...

After delaying an earlier ultimatum, the European Union has passed a new sanctions package against Russia. The sanctions come ...

The goal of the law, nicknamed the Evictions Express, is to allow property owners with illegal tenants to get them out within ...

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Alaa Hassan was 25 years old when the uprisings against Bashar al-Assad began in Syria. He was part of the movement that grew ...

Summer is in full swing in India, and many cities are experiencing scorching heat, fueled in part by climate change. And in ...

People are meeting at “climate cafés” to talk about how climate change is impacting their lives and their feelings around it.

Turkish officials say they’ve caught Chinese intelligence using fake cell phone towers to eavesdrop on Uyghurs and the ...

Police in El Salvador have arrested Ruth López, a prominent human rights defender who headed the anti-corruption unit at the ...

Last December, after more than a decade of fighting, forces opposing President Bashar al-Assad ousted him from power. Some ...