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Democratic Republic of Congo was holding presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday after a chaotic campaign marred by opposition allegations of fraud,…

The first launch in more than a year of Blue Origin’s New Shepard tourism rocket, designed to vault paying customers on brief…

The world’s forests are under threat. As well as being logged for timber and cleared to make way for agriculture, rising global…

The searing heat from wildfires can transform metals found naturally in the soil into cancer-causing airborne particles, according to a new report.…

Apes can recognize old friends they haven’t seen for decades, according to new research, and it’s the longest-lasting social memory ever documented…

A volcano dramatically erupted in Iceland on Monday, with spectacular bursts of lava and smoke illuminating the night sky after weeks of…

Israel is reeling from the Israel Defense Forces’ admission that it shot and killed three Israelis in Gaza on Friday. The three…

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are stepping up their strikes on ships in the Red Sea, which they say are revenge against Israel…

The front lines where Ukraine and its allies had hoped for a summer breakthrough now epitomize the bleak, dark winter ahead —…

In the end it was the thriving online scam centers that finally forced China to lose patience with Myanmar’s brutal military rulers.…