The World: Latest Stories

The members of Khebez Dawle are among the million-plus refugees and migrants who made their way to Western Europe last year. But for them, the journey to safety turned into a music tour.

There's no reason he can't. Also, if Bernie Sanders needs a foreign policy brush-up, or Hillary Clinton needs a ward boss in the Senate, Biden can do it.

When the call went out in Flint, Michigan, for volunteers to help deliver bottled water, Islamic Relief USA answered. The aid group has had experience working with vulnerable populations — including refugees in Greece.

Why you should go see this movie about the 2008 financial crisis, according to Adam McKay, the movie's director.

Opposition research — it's that package that shows up in the mail of this week's political thriller. Will she use it, or won't she? But that research has to come from somewhere — and these are the people who do it.

Zenith Irfan describes herself as "a 21-year-old Capricorn on an epic motorcycle journey amongst the terrains of Pakistan with nothing but her free-hearted soul."

In a country that's seen more than its share of human hardship over the years, a rare iguana is the focus of a rare conservation effort, run by an unlikely leader.

Researchers in Brazil are still trying to see if there is a definitive connection between Zika and Microcephaly. There's new evidence that is pointing them in that direction.

The city of Aleppo, Syria, is now completely cut off by government forces. Rebels forces and thousands of civilians are now trapped. Photographer Rami Jarrah just got out of the city two weeks ago. Here are the stories of some of the people he met.

Bernie Sanders did astonishingly well among young people in the Iowa Caucuses. And that's no accident.

“The Revenant” is one of five films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. But the film's director, Alejandro González Iñárritu already has an Oscar of his own. This is what he thinks about immigration, Donald Trump and 1820s American history.

For six years, South African President Jacob Zuma justified the $23 million state-funded "improvements" to his private residence. Now he says he's willing to pay back some of the costs. South African satirist Zapiro, a relentless Zuma critic, says Zuma has run into an obstacle he can't get around: South Africa's highest court.

The tiny country of Luxembourg is promoting some pretty big plans to mine asteroids for minerals in outer space.

When Libyan rebels celebrated the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the colonel's gold-plated pistol was held up as a symbol of their victory — I watched as they passed it among themselves. Four years on, I've been back to Libya to find the man with the golden gun.

Scientists had been blaming mosquitoes for the transmission of Zika. Now a Texas patient is believed to have become infected via sex — it's at least the second documented case.

Otherhood talks to people who refuse to live within a stereotype. Each of them, in their own way, is trying to help society accept people who don’t fit the status quo.

In fairy tales, you end the story with the prince getting the girl and making bank. But what if it just ended with him contemplating his own ephemeral existence?

Seventy years ago, Leo Goldberger fled his home on a cramped Danish fishing boat

The next iPhone is expected to hit the market this fall — and it may come with a new headphone jack that throws out years of prior technology.

President Barack Obama plans to visit a mosque in Baltimore Wednesday. His first visit as president to an American mosque comes amid concerns about anti-Muslim rhetoric from some presidential candidates.

King Abdullah of Jordan has told the BBC that his country has reached saturation point in its ability to take in and care for Syrian refugees. Speaking ahead of an international donors conference in London on Thursday, King Abdullah said Jordan could not continue to accept refugees unless it received more support, including help to create more jobs for Jordanians. The country has accepted hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees; together with unregistered migrants and Syrians there before the conflict, they make up 20 percent of the population.

Activists look to "fight locally, but connect globally" to hold governments accountable to their climate change promises.

In 2013, a traditional marriage ceremony took place at the Hindu temple in Pirojpur, Bangladesh, just as has been happening for hundreds of years. The only problem was that both people getting married were women and same-sex marriage is not accepted in Bangladesh. Now, instead of finding happiness, one of the brides is facing criminal charges — accused of abduction.

After a childhood of pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes and singing the national anthem, Iowa caucus veteran Maria Alcivar finally feels American.

People in countries fraught with violence and oppression may have a secret weapon that may temporarily relieve some of that suffering. His name is Yanni.

Sisters Claire and Lola Hartley were born with microcephaly, a neurological condition that causes babies to develop smaller heads and underdeveloped brains. Scientists believe there's a link between this and the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Gwen Hartley is the mother of the two girls.

Since arriving in office, President Barack Obama has grappled with issues and questions of race and racism in America. And there's a chance that his replacement could have a chance to build on his progress.

What happens when no one is in charge at a camp that shelters migrants in northern France? "Total anarchy," says one charity worker.

The Zika virus, which is believed to be connected to thousands of cases of microcephaly in Brazil, has been known for decades in East Africa. But its reputation there is very different.

Americans have a hard enough time understanding what the Caucus really is in Iowa. So how do foreign journalists cope with explaining it too their audiences back home?

If you're confused about Zika, we get it. It’s confusing. But it's also serious — as the WHO declared today.

The Mexican cabaret performer Astrid Hadad describes herself in a variety of ways: Singer. Artist. Costume designer. Political provocateur. And she recently brought her act to New York City.

There's been murmurs about "bike doping" for years. This weekend finally offered some proof. The International Cycling Union found a motor inside a competitor's bike.

Burundi’s leader seems hellbent on dragging his country into more ethnic violence.

El Chapo is now a brand.

​There is a huge natural gas leak in California’s Aliso Canyon, and here’s why it’s so bad

Coal-fired power plants in the US are working to comply with new EPA rules limiting mercury and sulfur dioxide. New equipment and other measures are being taken because of clean air rules the Obama administration imposed on the coal industry. It is a massive undertaking.

Human beings evolved to have bright days, and dark nights. But as electric lights have spread and gotten brighter, we're no longer getting the darkness that we need.

Iowa has a history of welcoming refugees and Muslims into their state. And days before the state caucuses take place, immigration takes center stage.

Peace talks for the Syrian civil war struggled to get off the ground in Geneva Friday. Some observers think the loss of hope for peace will trigger an even more massive exodus of refugees.

Take a deep breath, everyone.

Record producer and DJ Michael Brun is from Port-au-Prince, but is now based in Miami. For his latest project, Brun wanted to go back to Haiti and record a song. He recorded the song with students at an arts institute and connected with a non-profit that helps raise money for the arts in Haiti.

Ted Cruz is running neck-and-neck with Donald Trump in Iowa, with just days to go before the Iowa Caucuses. If he were elected, what would that mean for foreign policy?

The French refugee camp's population has increased by nearly 5000 percent in just five months

In 1986, the Soviet Union was opening up to the West. And just like in the US, Soviets reacted to the space shuttle disaster in horror.

The last time we were talking about Europe facing "the worst refugee crisis since World War II," we were talking about people fleeing the war in Bosnia. Some of them made their way to the United States, where they are still adapting, and sometimes still longing for home.

In a country with restrictive abortion laws, the Zika virus is changing the debate.

These days, it’s a lot easier to travel between the US and Cuba, but some Cubans have no interest in going back to their homeland. That’s especially true for many transgender Cubans.

I held a 34-year grudge against my Honduran father for my lack of Spanish fluency. So I reported to find out the true reason, only to realize it was my own damn fault.

Fears of terrorism and other threats have led many democracies to increase surveillance of Internet users, and to pressure Internet companies to censor information and share user data. Authoritarian governments have been doing that all along. What rights do you have, and what rights do you want, in the midst of all this? How are different companies protecting your privacy and digital rights? Rebecca MacKinnon, a former China correspondent and current director of the Ranking Digital Rights Project at the New America Foundation, gives some answers, and shares her concerns.