The World: Latest Stories

Why your senses of smell and hearing, not just taste, play a major role in how you experience and enjoy food.

What led to the current crisis in Flint, Michigan? Bad decisions, lies and evenan attempted coverup. The result is a public health crisis of enormous proportion. Will anyone be held accountable?

The Excellence in Mental Health Act is still in its early stages, but its estimated $1 billion investment in mental health services for low-income Americans have led advocates to call it “the biggest federal investment in mental health and addiction services in generations.”

All eyes are on Brazil, but there may be another crisis brewing next door.

An investigation by the Financial Times shows that hundreds of cargo ships every month are engaging in what might be suspicious activity. Security officials in Europe fear some may be aiding terrorist groups.

In Osaka's kappo restaurants ,dining out is much more than a meal — it's an interactive experience where customers get to watch close-up and talk to the chefs as they create their signature dishes.

Several girls from the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Mafraq, Jordan, got a chance to work with mentors to discuss their aspirations for the future and to develop plans to achieve them. They were then given the opportunity to design and direct their own photoshoot in which each girl poses as her future self — as someone who has achieved those goals.

A former top Chinese official is believed to have leaked secret documents to the US via his brother. And it's all due to being shamed for having a wealthy son die young, while flaunting his money in a Ferrari.

Can Sweden preserve its egalitarian values and social safety net, while extending that way of life to many more people displaced by war?

Maurice White, founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, died Wednesday at the age of 74. The band blended soul, funk, jazz and a bit of everything else. White himself, though, was heavily influenced by the study of ancient Egypt.

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.