Health workers on the frontline of the Ebola outbreak are on strike. Complaints include a lack of protective equipment and ...

In Uganda, scientists have found a new use for catnip: mosquito repellent. A new study presented at the Society for ...

Reading Lolita in Tehran, the best-selling memoir by Azar Nafisi, came out in 2003. It told the story of how Nafisi and seven ...

After Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes, many international rescue teams have left as the window for finding survivors narrows.

We listen to a track from Marlon Williams. She’s New Zealand’s hottest Māori singer right now, and she’s accompanied on the ...

For the past four years, Matariki, the Māori New Year, has been an official holiday in New Zealand. Māori poet Tayi Tibble ...

From the Iran war to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, events this year have highlighted the way nations use the global energy ...

For decades, Venezuela’s oil industry was a major force in global energy, ranking among the world’s largest oil producers and employing tens of thousands of highly trained professionals. Jorge Robles ...

The meeting of 32 world leaders comes as the future of the military alliance has never looked more uncertain. NATO Secretary ...

The strategic central Sudanese city of el-Obeid is now the focal point in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The ...

The success of Cape Verde’s run at the World Cup gave people around the globe an appreciation of the hidden talents in this ...

As major heat waves hit the US and Europe, a growing body of research suggests periods of extreme heat are linked to ...