New shipping rules aimed at reducing air pollution will take effect in January 2020. The rules, put in place by…
For two weeks, hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in Chile's capital, Santiago. Fresh demonstrations and attacks on…
When it comes to eating, more Americans are ordering in instead of eating out. In some restaurants, cooks make food…
South Korea is creating traps and using unmanned aircraft and expert gunmen in an effort to stop wild pigs from…
In Myanmar, several hundred young people kick up dirt as they run early one morning along a dusty path. They…
Indonesian investigators say a combination of design problems and other issues were to blame for a Boeing 737 Max 8…
Pew researchers said last week that 65 percent of American adults describe themselves as Christian. That is down from 77…
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are bringing changes to one of the world's oldest royal families. The two have spoken with foreign visitors…
Officials are warning that Turkey's offensive into northeastern Syria might be giving the militant group Islamic State new life. However,…
Freddy Brito had just finished singing on a bus in Peru's capital. He was crossing a street on his one…
Experts trying to restore Afghanistan's Buddhist treasures say it is like working on a 1,500-year-old puzzle. In 2001, the Taliban…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a second term in national elections Monday. His Liberal Party of Canada, however, lost…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to welcome national leaders from across Africa to the Black Sea port of Sochi…
This month, members of South Africa's parliament will debate something on many people's minds: health care. They will decide the…
Sudanese citizens have largely welcomed the first female chief justice of the country's highest court. Nemat Abdallah's appointment is historic…