South America is seeing a record number of wildfires, and a smoky haze hung in the air in cities like São Paulo this week.

Actor Atibon Nazaire speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about his role in the new film “Mountains,” which takes a look ...

The widely recognized winner of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election, Edmundo González, was forced to flee into exile, ...

Brazil’s wetlands region called the Pantanal cover an area roughly the size of England. Although this region is typically flooded for much of the year, historic droughts have led to historic wildfires ...

Across Spain’s Barcelona province, children are getting to school in organized convoys of bikes, dubbed bicibús or “bicycle-bus.” As with traditional bus lines, each bicibús route has stops where ...

On Friday in South Africa, an education bill to improve aspects of the country’s schools was signed into law — but not without controversy. Under pressure from coalition partners, South African ...

Storm Daniel hit Derna, a small coastal city in eastern Libya. The deluge led to the collapse of two aging upstream dams, unleashing a 65-foot wall of water on the city. At least 6,000 people died, ...

The North Korean government released photos from inside a uranium enrichment facility that shows a much more sophisticated nuclear program than experts might have expected. The photo offers clues ...

The EU-Tunisia migration deal was signed last year but could potentially be at risk. The deal provided financial support to Tunisia’s government in exchange for keeping migrants from reaching the EU.

Indigenous leaders in Brazil are celebrating after a Danish museum returned a sacred cloak. It has been on display in Denmark for more than 300 years. The nearly 6-foot-long cloak is made of 4,000 red ...

The list of the world’s wonders is always getting revised. But the team at Atlas Obscura has come up with a new list, cataloged in the new book “Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to The World’s Living ...

Authorities in Belarus have granted amnesty to several dozen political detainees in recent weeks. These are opposition figures, part of the movement that protested the reelection in 2020 of Belarusian ...