The World: Latest Stories

The wildlife in the Galápagos Islands is unafraid of humans, but is tourism and the selfie culture damaging the very sights people come to see?

A terror attack carried out by an Uzbek citizen in New York this week is reviving false media narratives about Uzbekistan and Central Asia as breeding grounds violent extremism.

The many faces and voices of the legendary sketch comedian.

Disney live-action just announced a new take on the 1994 classic, "The Lion King." It's not expected to be released in the US until July 2019, but the unveiling of the all-star cast has created a lot of excitement for fans. For South African entertainment reporter Tinashe Venge, the rebirth of "The Lion King" is a dream come true.

“The magic of being able to interact with creatures who'd been running away from you for almost a year was something real special, and that comes out very strongly in this film,” Dr. Goodall says.

About 600 asylum-seekers in an Australian offshore detention camp on Papua New Guinea are hunkering down and refusing to leave. The power has been cut off, there's no air conditioning and food is running out.

President Donald Trump cut US funding to any international organization that administers or even discusses abortion with its patients. A Kenyan health group is traveling across the US to tell Americans how that rule affects the country.

Donald Trump has lashed out in many directions after Tuesday's deadly attack in New York City. He even called the US judicial process an international "laughing stock."

They were part of a group of friends celebrating the 30th anniversary of graduating high school in Rosario, Argentina.

A Saudi rapper's interview with The Takeaway led journalists to uncover a soft power campaign.

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi describes a way to pull his nation back from the brink.

When Ali Cobby Eckermann was a teenager, she ran away to the desert in central Australia. Her drug use and reckless behavior had spiraled out of control. Years later, Eckermann would put all that pain into writing and become one of Australia’s most celebrated poets.

Violence against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar is being partially fueled by misinformation and propaganda spread on Facebook. But is the company doing anything about it?

Allegations of Russian meddling in the elections were “laughable, unqualified, groundless and unsubstantiated” said Peskov, in a call to reporters. Rather than Russia, he added, the indictments proved “other countries” were involved.

A laboratory in Hamburg tries to catch illegal importers in the act.

Moscow insisted Tuesday there is no evidence it interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, after three aides to President Donald Trump's campaign were charged as part of an investigation into Russian efforts to influence the vote.

Astros' Yuli Gurriel has apologized and will be suspended from five games next season.

It's been 30 years since the death of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.

The FBI arrested George Papadopoulos in July. What do we know about Papadopoulos, his background and his role in the campaign?

On the front lines of the war on marijuana cultivation, Albanian police face a tenacious crop and an unwelcoming population.

Halloween is the candy-coated version of a longtime tradition of celebrating the inevitability of death. Photographer and author Paul Koudounaris has traveled the world to document ossuaries and charnel houses — rooms filled with, and often decorated with, human skulls and bones. Who knew death could be so beautiful?

Laura Boldrini wants Italian citizens to have the right tools to protect themselves from lies. And she's starting with a program that teaches teenagers to detect fake news.

Mexico’s federal government said that 1,821 historically significant buildings were damaged in the September earthquakes.

Some of the most visible lasting symbols of the Cold War era are the black-and-yellow signs marking nuclear fallout shelters across the country. The man responsible for the design of that sign — Robert Blakeley — died on Oct. 25 at the age of 95.

The family that owns the company that manufactures OxyContin — the Sackler family — is looking increasingly outward, to other countries, to market their product.

The World Meteorological Organization says atmospheric concentrations of CO2 surged to a new record level in 2016. That puts even greater pressure for countries to cut carbon pollution to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Days after being banned from advertising on Twitter, Russian-backed media outlet RT has shared some details about the content of its advertisements in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election.

The state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico is still recovering from the strongest earthquake to hit the country in a century. The epicenter of the damage occurred on the main route that Central American migrants travel on to the US, complicating their journey north.

Ballet choreographer Benjamin Millepied is working to make ballet companies more inclusive and diverse.

Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged Monday with conspiracy against the United States and money laundering, the first to come out of a sprawling probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Can states change a system controlled by the people in power meant to keep them in power?

Climate disruption can be tough on agriculture, and now there appears to be another danger to staple crops as carbon dioxide levels rise: nutrient loss.

We’ve all heard adults cooing to babies in “baby talk.” Now, researchers are learning more about why we do it.

Dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s is one thing. But mathematician Eugenia Cheng says obsessing over perfection leads to a lot of wasted effort.

“Everybody whose genetic roots are outside Africa are partly descended from Neanderthals,” one geneticist says.

Plants are responding to rising levels of carbon dioxide by performing more photosynthesis and using water more efficiently.

The Sacklers have made billions of dollars off of opioids.

The TSA is requiring airlines to interview passengers heading to the US at check-in and boarding gates all over the world.

John Morales was one of the first TV meteorologists to start talking about how climate change will impact his audience. Intense weather hit close to home this fall, as Hurricane Maria struck his home island of Puerto Rico.

When you walk around New Orleans, you can see the Haitian influence everywhere, from the creole cottages to the jambalaya. And thousands of New Orleanians trace their ancestry back to the island. This connection had one journalist asking, is the feeling mutual?

Forty years ago, the Sex Pistols wasn’t just releasing an album — it was also defining a moment in the culture that lives on in punk and its progeny today.

Researchers studied two species of pine that live at the tree line and found them moving up rather rapidly — with one species leapfrogging another in the competition for new real estate.

Head wrapping goes beyond style for one Detroit anthropologist. It’s also a way to bridge cultures.

The Catalan Parliament approved the region becoming a republic, but the Spanish government is moving to take back control.

A murder on a Portland light rail train brought back a lot of memories of painful times in the city's history.

Macer Gifford gave up a career in London as a currency trader to fight ISIS with Kurdish troops in Syria. He's uncertain what will happen if he heads back to Britain.

Chinese American writer Lenora Chu was delighted when she secured a coveted spot a Shanghai kindergarten for her son. Then came the stress, anxiety and confusion. Chu's new book about China's education system is called "Little Soldiers."

How drive-in movies helped Twyla Tharp become a world-class choreographer.