A U.N. Peacekeeper is dead and several others injured in northeastern Mali after a mortar attack hit their camp near the Algerian border. In a statement, the U.N. said its…

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 840,000 people die every year from preventable diarrheal illnesses, many of which are caused by food and water contaminated by the E.coli…

In Romania, what used to be a scenic delta is coming back to life. Part of the Danube Delta was drained in the 1980s by Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, to…

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says to cut global poverty further requires strong efforts to make economic growth more inclusive. His call came as International Monetary Fund Chief Christine…

An airstrike Monday killed a senior leader in the Syrian Islamist group that split from al-Qaida earlier this year. Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the group formally known as Jabhat al-Nusra, said…

Five suspects in the 2015 murder of prominent Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov are on trial in a Russian military court. The five men, all Chechens, faced the jury on…

The two U.S. vice presidential candidates, Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, meet in their only televised debate Tuesday in Farmville, Virginia. This faceoff comes a week after the…

Peruvian state-owned energy company Petroperu will ask local communities to help protect its oil pipeline from the vandalism that it blames for several leaks in the Amazon this year, the…

It was always very personal. Since stepping down as president six years ago, Alvaro Uribe has relentlessly condemned the policies of his handpicked successor-turned-foe and chiseled away at support for…

Top U.S. health officials said on Monday the long delay in getting Congress to approve funding to fight the Zika virus came at a heavy cost in dealing with what…

Turkey is in the final stages of a developing a new missile defense system to prevent rocket attacks on its cities by the Islamic State, Turkey’s defense minister says. The…

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term Monday short one justice following the death early this year of Antonin Scalia and the Senate’s gridlock over how to replace him.…

The head of Kazakhstan’s national journalists’ union was sentenced to six years in prison Monday after being convicted of embezzlement and tax evasion along with his son, in a case…

Brazil’s municipal elections showed that new parties have failed to capitalize on voters’ disenchantment with a corruption-tainted political establishment, making it unlikely an outsider will win the 2018 presidential poll.…

Somalia experts and officials say upcoming elections face further delays unless the country’s seven-member National Leadership Forum (NLF) takes action. The Federal Indirect Electoral Independent Team warned Monday there will…

Ivory Coast voters will decide this month whether to soften a nationality clause that helped trigger a decade-long political crisis, a draft of a new constitution showed Monday. President Alassane…

In celebration of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, adventurer Mikah Meyer is traveling across America with the goal of visiting every one of the more than 400 sites within…

The deliberations were long, the debate was impassioned and the votes were decisive. On Monday, members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora…

Afghanistan is appealing to European donors to open their wallets at an international donors’ conference Wednesday, arguing that jobs created through development projects will help stem the tide of migrants…

At least 5,650 migrants were rescued Monday as they tried to reach Europe on about 40 boats, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italy’s coast guard said.…