Beijing has long complained about U.S. "freedom of navigation" passages through the disputed waterway. Now other countries are sailing the same route....

In 16 years as Chancellor, Merkel not only influenced German society, she may have defined it. And those seeking to replace her clearly recognized a winning strategy....

The meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine with about one million dogs believed to be eaten annually​....

Deadly flooding left Germans focused on climate change, but an initial sharp swing to the left in polling has rounded off. So how far will this tumultuous election shift Germany's politics?...

Female vampire bats meet up with roostmates while foraging, cooperate on their hunting trips, and even chat with each other, researchers say....

Afghans who survive the trek through Iran to the Turkish border, which can take weeks, will now be met with a wall of concrete slabs 10 feet high....

"I don't care about 6 weeks," says Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, whose service helps women get abortions in places with restrictive laws....

Less than 14% of the population in the rugged "Mountain Kingdom" of Lesotho have been vaccinate against the coronavirus, but the Flying Doctor Services are working to change that....

Vulnerable women who'd been protected by the previous government from their own families now "have nowhere to go." For some, it's probably already too late....

The officer traveling with CIA Director William Burns sought medical care in India, in the latest case to stoke concern about the mystery illness....

Over the weekend, photos and videos emerged depicting mounted Border Patrol officials herding and chasing migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande near Del Rio, a small border community in southwestern Texas....

Sonjiah Davis had a good life in Washington D.C., but she "never felt safe." Like many others, she's discovered that "home is not a place. It's how you feel where you are."...

"Covid is a serious thing and when it comes it hits very hard," Madison Wilson said on Instagram....

President Biden will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly for the first time....