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Surging drug use has contributed to an epidemic in the Pacific island nation, where one in 60 adults is estimated to be living with the virus.
Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon
A colorful undercover recording draws attention in a country worried that graft threatens the war effort, and its future.
Tetsuo Sato is one of 100,000 Japanese who are now over 100 years old. He plans on celebrating his 107th birthday at a hot springs hotel.
Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa
Alternative for Germany, an anti-immigrant party widely known as the AfD, could take power in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, spurring panic among its immigrant population.
Russians are bracing for what the government might do on the military and economy after a vote that the Kremlin sees as legitimizing its policies.
The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 paved the way for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
Conservationists set up a colony of white storks in southern England, touching off a debate over whether they truly belong there.
The Iran-backed militia in Yemen made its claim hours after a Saudi-led military coalition accused it of firing a drone near the Muslim holy city.
In Papua New Guinea, love for rugby league football borders on religion. The country
Two Israeli drone strikes hit a residential neighborhood, a civil defense official said. Israel is under international pressure to curtail its attacks.
The focus on dystopian scenarios is shifting public discourse from present-day dangers to hypothetical futures, some experts say.
Alex Saab, a former official in Venezuela and longtime ally of its deposed leader, Nicol
From Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are setting off protests and blackouts.
The two sides traded accusations of attacks as fighting inside Yemen remains fierce. The escalating conflict threatens to further destabilize the Middle East.
Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, travels to points along a river in Nepal that turned into a deadly torrent, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving over 5,000 more missing as entire, towns bridges and roads were swept away.