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The South China Sea, with its many strategic islands, is one of the biggest maritime routes in the world and has been a flashpoint between C...

The Pelicot rape trial is not just drawing media attention. The courthouse has become a gathering place for French people seeking to support...

Progress roundup: New turtle moms hit the beach, a school bus fleet sends power back to the grid, and food waste is fermented into livestock...

Syria’s devastating civil war, responsible for more than 300,000 deaths, was never officially resolved. Lightning gains by rebels opposed to...

Women in the Ukrainian city of Sumy are escaping the war by exploring their home town's history through fashion using old photos to recreate...

Donald Trump has put together a Mideast team charged with building on his first term’s successes. But in a region shaken by the war in Gaza,...

Delhi's air pollution is among the worst in the world, far exceeding World Health Organization safety limits. Residents share what that feel...

The International Criminal Court’s warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant target two Israeli leaders. But they create tensions acr...

Latin America’s animal populations have fallen drastically over the past 50 years. Will recapturing trafficked animals be enough to rewrite...

In Canada, Acadian descendants and the Mi’kmaq remember when they gathered to celebrate the harvest – and “good cheer.”

Israel has dealt massive blows against Hezbollah since going on the offensive in September. Now, a ceasefire appears likely, but there are s...

The pro-settlement movement in Israel is exulting at what it perceives as a possible green light from the incoming Trump Middle East team to...

Many of the countries that formed out of the Soviet Union aspired to link their future with the West. But European troubles and Russian aggr...

Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has a history of antagonizing China over its human rights record. But assuming Mr....

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. defense secretary, has repeatedly questioned if men and women should serve together in combat...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte publicly threatened the life of the country’s president on Nov. 23. Under the Philippine penal code,...

Israel's attacks are aimed at Hezbollah, but a fatal strike Sunday hit Lebanon's army center. Lebanon condemned the strike. Israel expressed...

From aging power plants to devastating hurricanes, here’s a look at the factors driving outages on the island. 

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for allegedly depriving Gazans of essential items. Local merchants and gan...

Should Ukraine surrender land to Russia to end the war? Opposition had been strong throughout the conflict, but Ukrainians are shifting on w...

As the world’s leaders discuss the planet’s future at COP29, in Nigeria, a group of local women is defending its own forests, vigilante-styl...

Behind COP29 problems in agreeing on a fund to help developing countries face global warming is a threat to the idea of shared global climat...

U.S.-Palestinian relations under the first Trump administration ran aground over the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem,...

Evicted to make way for a U.S. military base in the 1970s, residents of the Chagos Islands may soon return, though many critique the terms o...

Russia has consistently targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities, forcing companies to constantly rebuild and go weeks without power. Clean ener...