National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 ...

A stretched polar vortex is bringing severe winter storm conditions to half the continental US, and is causing temperatures ...

Guinea-Bissau’s minister of health announced Thursday that the country was halting a controversial Danish-led, US-funded trial of a hepatitis B vaccine. The West African country says there are ethical ...

Tennis player Naomi Osaka has been a standout this week at the Australian Open — both for her play and for her outfits. Host Marco Werman explains.

A groundbreaking Australian play has come to New York for a few weeks. It’s called The Visitors and it tells an important piece of Australian history from an Aboriginal perspective. A council of ...

On her latest album, “Lux,” Rosalía sets her sights on God and the search for deeper meaning. It’s a big hit, and it reflects a turn toward spirituality among Spanish youth. The World’s Gerry Hadden ...

After the fall of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, the reaction in South Florida — home to the largest Venezuelan community in the US — is complicated. In Doral, celebrations have been mixed with ...

Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi’s latest thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” was just nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Early last month, Tehran charged ...

Funding for the US Agency for International Development was one of the first things cut by the Trump Administration, with the ...

One week ago, Uganda’s longtime president, Yoweri Museveni, was declared the winner of a disputed election. The country’s ...

A new analysis from the United Nations University finds that the world is in a state of “water bankruptcy,” with nearly half ...

In Iran, some families are still searching morgues for their loved ones. Among those who have found them, some say they have ...