During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most ...

The clash between the Trump administration and Voice of America continues. In March, an executive order was issued to ...

Developers of genetically modified seeds hope to boost production and prevent crop diseases in countries hit the hardest by climate change. But farmers on the ground in Kenya have big concerns. The ...

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a US-based firm that helped design and manage an aid initiative to deliver food to Palestinians in Gaza in areas controlled by the Israeli military, has withdrawn ...

On the eve of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Fredrich Merz launched a 46-billion-euro (around $53 billion) package of corporate tax breaks on Wednesday to try to ...

Shima’s days of being in a manufactured J-Pop band in Tokyo are over. Now, she’s doing things her way, with total creative control. Shima’s real name is Tina Johnson. As a Japanese American musician, ...

The US is planning to scale down its military presence in Syria from eight bases to one. We also take a look back at survivors of chemical attacks conducted by Assad regime forces during the Syrian ...

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is facing growing calls to disarm following its battle with Israel last year. The group is now faced with major losses to its infrastructure and top leadership. Host ...

Japan’s iconic terraced rice paddies are held in place by traditional stone walls. But the craft of building these walls is a dying art. Reporter Hannah Kirshner recently traveled to Fukuoka ...

Seaweed plays a key role in the world’s oceans. But too much of it disrupted ecosystems in the Caribbean this May. Brian Barnes has written about it in a new report published this week by the ...

The octopus population in the waters south of England is booming. Typically a rare species, fishermen in one town pulled in more than 70,500 pounds of octopus on a single day — compared to the usual ...

The images of Monday’s eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily were eye-popping. Towering plumes of charcoal-colored ash rose miles into the air. But scientists say what made this new eruption interesting ...