The U.K. became the world's first country to declare an 'environment and climate emergency' on Wednesday.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó tried but ultimately failed to inspire a military coup to topple President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday.

China's defense budget ballooned to $250 billion in 2018, part of a ten-fold increase since 1994.

Refugees International says those fleeing Myanmar this month report conditions in the country have not improved since a campaign of ethnic cleansing began in 2017.

Days after Islamic State attacks in Sri Lanka, anti-Muslim sentiment has swept the island, sending members of the island's Muslim community to seek protection.

A new study finds five years of war in Yemen has undone more than 20 years of human development in the country.

The US threatened to veto a German resolution at the U.N. unless references to “sexual and reproductive health” care for victims of sexual violence in conflict were removed.

Ukrainian voters rejected incumbent Petro Poroshenko’s reelection bid this weekend and chose instead to throw in their lot with comedian Volodymyr Zelensky.

Egyptian voters are poised to rubber stamp constitutional changes allowing President Sisi to remain in office until 2030, and the climate crisis may be pushing Americans to embrace some far-fetched geoengineering ideas.

Climate change protesters in the UK have made headlines by snarling traffic and public transit, but is their message getting across?