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A man working for the charity Samaritan's Purse manages a desalination truck on the nearly destroyed island of Barbuda on Dec. 8.

Three months after a hurricane devastated Barbuda, few residents have returned

August 22, 2019 at 2:10 a.m.

Three months after hurricanes forced the evacuation of Barbuda, only 350 people — or less than 20% of the population — have returned to the tiny Caribbean island. Hurricane Irma...

Un hombre llama la atención de un equipo de rescate en una zona inundada en el estado de Texas. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Se les ordenó no evacuar. Ahora muchas familias en Houston se encuentran atrapadas en sus hogares

May 15, 2019 at 11:01 a.m.

Cientos de residentes de Houston se vieron atrapados en sus hogares cuando las lluvias de la tormenta tropical Harvey elevaron el nivel del agua alrededor de ellos. "No tenemos electricidad,...

Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter.

A founder of Black Lives Matter answers a question on many minds: Where did it go?

August 22, 2019 at 12:38 a.m.

To supporters, it is a respectable civil rights movement. To critics, it’s an anti-police organization that deserves to be banned. Black Lives Matter came into existence following the 2012 killing...

In this 2013 file photo, a Maasai boy and his dog stand near the skeleton of an elephant killed by poachers outside of Arusha, Tanzania.

Murder of anti-poaching crusader steels resolve of fellow conservationists

August 22, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

Wayne Lotter, a prominent elephant conservationist murdered this week in Tanzania, for years had faced death threats related to his anti-poaching work, according to friends and colleagues. The 51-year-old South...

Back channels have long been used to negotiate, placate and save face

May 14, 2019 at 7:03 a.m.

Reports that President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was trying to establish a secret line of communication between the Trump transition team and Russian government officials have raised concerns within the...

An injured man is helped after the explosion at the Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert

There have been more than half a dozen terrorist incidents in Britain since 2005

August 21, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Monday’s attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, is the latest in a series of terrorist attacks and threats that have struck the United Kingdom since 2005. Though...

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto during the International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk on March 30, 2017.

Putin: ‘Read my lips,’ there was no Russian meddling in U.S. vote

August 21, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

Calling the accusations "lies," Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied that Moscow meddled in last year's U.S. elections. "Read my lips, no," Putin said during a panel moderated by...

A flag with a portrait of Vladimir Putin waves over a crowd commemorating Russia's 3-year-old annexation of the Crimea in Ukraine -- a component of Russia's attempts to maintain its historical influence.

Russian hackers were likely surprised by blowback from cyberattacks on U.S. elections, analysts say

August 21, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

The Russian cyberattacks that targeted last year's U.S. presidential elections were as much about wanting to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House as about proving to the world...

An Iranian soldier stands guard in 2003 at a wall built to prevent drug trafficking in the Mirjaveh point where the borders of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan meet.

Border walls aren’t unheard of, but today they are increasingly dividing friends, not enemies

August 21, 2019 at 9:57 p.m.

Critics of President Trump's orders to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border have called the plan immoral or question the normalcy of building a barrier against a longtime ally...

Children play around a pile of lumber from Brazil's Amazon rainforest.

Giant rats are being trained to combat wildlife trafficking in Africa

August 21, 2019 at 8:56 p.m.

The U.S. government is funding a project to train giant rodents to help in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,...

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