Access to ambulances is severely limited in parts of Ghana, something that can be especially hazardous for pregnant women ...

Hamas has released the last living American hostage that was held captive in Gaza. That comes days before President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the region. Hamas has not said what it expects to ...

Omar al-Bayoumi is living freely in Saudi Arabia. That’s despite reams of puzzling and alarming evidence collected by law enforcement that he was connected to the 9/11 hijackers whom he helped settle ...

The so-called “super islands,” clusters of streets and intersections converted into mostly pedestrian zones, have been around for a few years now. And most people love the sense of calm and community ...

It’s unclear who helped smuggle five members of Venezuela’s opposition out of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela last week. The activists had to make their way past snipers, drones and guard dogs.

The new pope may be born in the United States, but he has deeps root in Peru, where he lived for 20 years, as a missionary, and then as bishop of the city of Chiclayo. Cardinal Robert Prevost even ...

Russia leads the world in terms of cat ownership. And people there are serious about pet safety. Levi Bridges has the story of a woman who lost her cat in a forest outside of Moscow on a cross-country ...

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Russia launched over 100 drones at Ukraine overnight, after the expiration of a 72-hour ceasefire that both countries have accused the other of violating. After weeks of proposals to initiate peace ...

Koyo Kouoh, a Cameroon-born curator and leading voice in the world of contemporary art, has passed away at age 58. Kouoh was set to lead the 2026 Venice Biennale, which would have made her the first ...

The Recovered Voices movement strives to disseminate the works of composers persecuted by authoritarian regimes, especially the Nazis. It is an international movement with musicians and academics in ...

As tequila tops global sales charts, a new book uncovers the spirit’s revolutionary roots and the family feuds that shaped ...