African nations are fighting to contain the coronavirus amid fears that widespread poverty and weak health systems could result in devastating losses across the continent. Follow the latest ...

R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage ...

Italy is likely to register a strong protest vote against belt-tightening on Monday in local elections that will provide a fresh snapshot of Europe's changing political landscape a year ahead of a ...

Reducing methane emissions is crucial to fighting climate change. The invisible gas traps over 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide—and we're emitting more than we thought. The greatest potential ...

As Philippine military battalions closed in, shutting down schools, rounding up men and harassing women, Tungig Mansumuy had to make a tough decision: stay and protect their homes, or flee to save ...

In an exclusive interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Haiti’s prime minister designate, Evans Paul, spoke about the challenges of international aid and reconstruction efforts five years after ...

Germanite Phanord took care of earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince for over two months. A couple of years ago, she opened a small private clinic in Hinche, a province town. But her dream is to have a ...

Anne-Martine’s faculty was destroyed during the earthquake. But now, she is almost finished studying engineering and she is interning at a private company. She co-founded an organization, ACTIVEH, ...

A makeshift booth in Bangladesh's Kutupalong refugee camp comprising a wooden table and microphone is helping to protect Rohingya children from traffickers who are roaming the camps looking for easy ...

Under fire in Syria where rebels say government forces have launched an offensive to capture Qusair, which is strategically located on a weapons smuggling route between Homs and Lebanon. Rebels took ...