Today marks 50 years since Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia. With its rugged, mountainous geography, over ...

Before it became a part of the US, the last king of Hawaii was the first head of state to embark on a diplomacy tour around ...

The US military has sunk another Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean, killing three people. President Donald Trump says the vessels are tied to drug cartels, but has offered no evidence. Caracas calls ...

The US military has sunk another Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean. President Donald Trump says the vessels are tied to drug cartels but has offered no evidence. Amid the saber-rattling between Caracas ...

Kim Chinh grew up in the United States, with one parent from Buffalo, New York — and another from a village in Vietnam. She never thought of herself as biracial. In fact, she didn’t think of herself ...

Israel unleashed a new military offensive on Gaza City today. After weeks of airstrikes, Israeli ground troops started advancing, with the country’s defense minister, Israel Katz, declaring that, ...

A landmark election five years ago boosted hopes for democracy in Malawi. The country’s Supreme Court found evidence of fraud and ordered a historic rerun. Fresh elections put an opposition candidate ...

Tiny Easedale, Scotland, is the proud host of the annual World Stone Skimming Championships.  This year, the so-called “toss master” heard rumors of unauthorized rocks in the competition. Hosts Marco ...

Iran has agreed to let international inspectors back into the country, after cutting access in June when Israel attacked its facilities. According to the new agreement, inspectors will be allowed back ...

There are no reliable statistics on the number of people who have lost the ability to speak their native language. But it is likely a growing number, given the rise in global migration and the ...

India hosted US officials for trade talks today, restoring hope after bilateral trade negotiations collapsed over the Trump administration’s steep tariffs on India. The government in New Delhi said ...

After landing in the global spotlight, Greenland’s decade-long national conversation about independence from Denmark hit a ...