Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is a first in a number of ways: the first woman, the first Black person and the first Indian-American to serve in that role. In her…

BAGHDAD/RIYADH (Reuters) - Arab leaders congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory, but some people in the Middle East expressed cynicism over U.S. policy even if he pursues diplomacy rather…

Editor's note: Recreational Environmental Learning Centers across the country introduce youth to national parks and the nature within them, and give them the opportunity to better understand the issues that…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinians have been holding out for a change of U.S. president for three years, hoping for a chance to hit the reset button on relations with…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has toughened penalties for the killing of women by family members as part of an overhaul of the country's Islamic laws. The UAE's government said…

On a tiny stretch of the fast-flowing Valsan river in Romania lives one of the rarest fish in Europe, and quite possibly the world. The 65-million-year-old Asprete was first discovered…

Soon after the election results were announced, crowds gathered around Lafayette Square.  Photographs by Joshua Yospyn for The New Yorker afayette Square is where, just over five months ago, Black Lives…

Peter Goffin's grandfather told many stories of his war years in the UK with the Canadian Air Force, but only ever showed his family one photograph - of his wedding…

MIAMI (AP) — A section of road that leads to the South Florida high school that Trayvon Martin attended now bears the name of the Black teenager whose 2012 death…