Eleven-year-old twins Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung live on a houseboat in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. But their…
Historic covered bridges in the United States are under threat by the use of the modern technology GPS. GPS is…
Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may have little chance of winning Sunday’s election, but activists say her presence alone is…
India will begin the world’s largest general election next month. The process is expected to stretch over 44 days before…
An area stretching across Argentina, Bolivia and Chile forms what is called the “Lithium Triangle.” The earth there is rich…
Aid groups warn that famine, a widespread lack of food, will soon strike two troubled places: Gaza and Haiti. In…
An Afghan education official says the ruling Taliban group might permanently close girls' secondary schools. The official said the Taliban…
Information from this year’s IQAir World Air Quality Report shows only seven countries met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pollution…
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading more aggressively than ever before since its arrival in South America in…
India has put into effect a new law that makes it easier for non-Muslim minorities to seek Indian citizenship. The…