International

Three generations of elephants were recently reunited at a German zoo and promptly celebrated by touching their trunks through a set of bars that was used to separate them initially. That meeting went so well […]

An inn in western Japan is offering guests a furry companion they can take home with them at checkout. Called My Cat Yugawara, the inn in the hot springs resort town of Yugawara has a […]

The coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown that followed brought organ transplants in India to a complete standstill. But as cities begin to unlock in phases and hospitals gradually steer the focus to other chronic […]

NARINO, Colombia—A trio of Ecuadorans working for a major drug ring in Mexico have been busted in a submarine off the coast of Colombia. Authorities seized a ton of cocaine Sunday and three co-conspirators aboard […]

Residents in Sen. Kamala Harris’ ancestral village haven’t seen her in years, but they are praying for her victory by sacrificing coconuts in Hindu temples. Others are pasting up posters or cheering the vice-presidential hopeful […]

Mexican criminal organizations are using sophisticated technical gadgets to seize control of territories run by 37 drug cartels operating in the country. The Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel, one of the most violent and dangerous, has […]

Tanzania’s incumbent president John Magufuli is facing a tough opponent in his upcoming re-election bid on Oct. 28 — literally. Chadema MP Tundu Lissu survived 16 gunshot wounds in an unsolved assassination attempt outside his […]

Ravaged by an AIDS epidemic that began more than three decades ago, South Africa has joined the effort to combat a different virus: the global cornavirus pandemic. The Jenner Institute at Oxford University selected the […]

Greenpeace and other environmental groups have blasted the Mauritian government’s decision to tow and then sink the Japanese tanker MV Wakashio— which went aground in a lagoon on the island nation’s shore last month and […]

A political earthquake hit Colombia earlier this month — and the aftershocks continue. The Investigative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice placed the former president and senator, Alvaro Uribe Velez, under preventive house arrest. […]