Universities in the US face the possibility of federal funding cuts if they don’t comply with White House demands to walk ...

Mexico is set to become the first country in the world where every single judge is elected by popular vote. But as the country prepares for its first nationwide judicial election, concerns are ...

Myanmar’s civil war is the most lethal in Asia — a crisis that has dragged on more than four years and killed an estimated 50,000 people. Is there any way to stop this conflict? Myanmar’s neighbors ...

Forty years before the Holocaust, Germany used concentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments to torture and kill more than 70,000 Africans in what was then called South West Africa. German ...

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was presented to the world as a solution for the severe hunger in Gaza. Backed by Israel with US private security, its first day of distribution was chaotic. On the ...

Dan Storper was 74 when he died last week in his adopted city of New Orleans. Arguably, no one in the US has done more to get Americans — as well as many around the globe who discovered Putumayo CD ...

Nigeria is witnessing major violence by Boko Haram the past few weeks. The group and its splinters are responsible for deadly attacks claiming dozens of people. Mass killings in Borno and Yobe states ...

It’s been a good year for those obsessed about a potentially bad future — “preppers,” as they’re called. Preppers in Spain are seeing a big boost in interest, especially after last month’s countrywide ...

The World Meteorological Society latest annual report projects global temperatures will climb to record highs over the next five years — including the increasing likelihood that temperatures will ...

Turkish aviation authorities have announced they will fine passengers who stand up too early after a plane lands and crowd aircraft aisles while waiting to deplane. The penalties for that and other ...

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A shrine on the outskirts of Damascus has long been a prominent destination for Shias from around the world. Its golden dome ...