In Iraqi Kurdistan, aid groups are preparing the mass exodus of as many as 1.2 million people as the fight to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State begins.

July temperatures hit a new record, electric vehicles will take you farther than you think and China puts an advanced new satellite into space.

Pulling out of the E.U. might take more time than previously thought, and Turkey dials up its demands for visa-free travel to Europe.

Germany announces a raft of new anti-terrorism measures and NASA taps six companies to design deep space habitats for a future Mars mission.

A court ruling opens the door for the federal government to factor the social cost of carbon into energy efficiency regulations.

As the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Syria, a group of American peace activists fresh off a trip to Damascus presented an alternate take on the Syrian war.

The Chinese media raises doubts about a much-touted 'floating bus' promising to reduce urban congestion, and the U.S. clears $1.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

The Ethiopian government shut down the internet nationwide over the weekend in response to mass protests by ethnic groups claiming persistent marginalization.

More than 20 years after the end of apartheid, the African National Congress' nostalgic pitch to voters shows signs of losing its appeal.

North Korea tested two missiles on Wednesday, one of which landed 125 miles from the Japanese coast, and critics of the Obama Administration are revisiting a January deal between the US and Iran to settle a decades-long disagreement over a 1979 arms purchase.