The sun was still low on the horizon when 19-year-old Piper James walked toward the Pacific Ocean for a morning swim on an island whose name in the local language means “paradise.” ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...

Dozens of people have recently died after significant flooding in Mozambique, including multiple people who were killed by crocodiles lurking in the water.

The National Park Service has removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. Crews ...

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into an oil tanker intercepted by the French navy in the Mediterranean Sea.

The image is a stark symbol of desperation: goats, driven by thirst, knock over the very plastic jerrycans that hold a ...

Torrential rains and severe flooding across parts of southern Africa have killed more than 100 people in three countries, destroyed thousands of homes and caused tens of millions of dollars’ worth of ...

Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism ...

Where’s hot in March? The best holiday destinations for sunny weather - March is ideal for escaping somewhere sunny before ...

Ahead of the release of Sam Raimi's "Send Help," revisit the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Marguerite de la Rocque, the Tongan castaways and others who endured in remote locales ...

What began as a temporary mechanism to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction is quietly mutating into a permanent system of external control, raising urgent questions about who​ will govern in Palestine ...

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