China has been quietly and quickly building an island in disputed waters off of the coast of Vietnam over the last few months.

As the pontiff arrives in the tiny authoritarian nation of Equatorial Guinea, some Catholics in Africa say they are excited about his visit but are feeling a little left out.

Researchers in the U.K. are working to document the country’s array of obscure invective.

Pahalgam, with steep ravines, grassy hillsides and pine forests, is a base for Hindu pilgrimages that business operators hope will revive visitors.

The F.B.I. believed the child was kidnapped by a transgender parent to potentially undergo gender transition surgery, according to court filings.

President Trump has ridiculed President Barack Obama and the agreement, which he withdrew from during his first term. His critics say he could have avoided a war had he left it in place.

The proposal, which was approved by Parliament on Tuesday, will ban the supply or sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009 or after, permanently.

Our visual journalist David Guttenfelder traveled with displaced people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as a cease-fire paused the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

The gunman who killed a Canadian tourist and wounded 13 other people at the Teotihuacán pyramids had materials in his backpack referencing a 1999 mass shooting in the United States, Mexican officials said.

With the cease-fire on the verge of ending, President Trump said on Tuesday that he would keep it in place until Iran’s “proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.”