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benedek/iStock(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Ugandan authorities on Thursday continued a desperate search for American tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott and her safari guide who were allegedly abducted at the country’s most popular national park by gunmen demanding […]

Alex Segre / Contributor/Getty Images(LONDON) — Commuters in one of London’s most important financial centers will now be treated to a dose of literature on their way to work, as three Short Story Dispensers were […]

SERGEI GAPON/AFP/Getty Images(BREST, Belarus) — The city of Brest, on the Belarusian side of its border with Poland, has kept a terrible secret in its city’s historic district for almost 80 years: a mass grave […]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Ethiopian Airlines crew commanding the Boeing 737 Max 8, which crashed last month and killed all 157 people on board, followed all recommended procedures but couldn’t regain control of […]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, which crashed in March and killed 157 people, suffered a damaged angle-of-attack sensor upon takeoff from a bird or foreign object, triggering erroneous data […]

BOLDG/iStock(WASHINGTON) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, kicking off a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers and the celebration of the alliance’s […]

benedek/iStock(KAMPALA, Uganda) — An American tourist was kidnapped on Tuesday evening while visiting Uganda’s most popular national park, officials said. A group of unidentified armed men ambushed tourists in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in […]

TomasSereda/iStock(PARIS) — The online hospitality marketplace Airbnb is offering two people the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a night in the company of some of the world’s best known artworks at the Louvre Museum in Paris […]

guvendemir/iStock(NEW YORK) — A new technology may be the solution to preventing another Malaysian Airlines flight 370 disappearance from ever happening again. On Tuesday, Aireon, a Virginia-based global satellite tracking company, unveiled a fully operational […]

bedo/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Senior U.S. military leaders were optimistic on Tuesday that Turkey would receive America’s next-generation fighter jets, despite Ankara’s threats to purchase a Russian-made missile-defense system that could reveal critical information about the U.S. […]

Ben Masters/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Canadian woman said her “mom instinct” took over last week when she fought off a cougar that mauled her 7-year-old son in their backyard. Chelsea Lockhart was doing household chores […]

Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have officially joined Instagram. The royal couple, who will celebrate their first wedding anniversary in May, launched their own account Tuesday. […]

Scott Eisen/Getty Images(EL PASO, Tex.) — The razor wire cuts the man’s face and blood trickles down his jawline. More noticeable, however, are the screams of the children. It’s a cold late December morning near […]

Gatsi/iStock(MOSCOW) — A 37-year-old American man has been arrested for attempted theft in Poland after trying to steal part of the train tracks at former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to Polish officials. Malgorzata Jurecka, […]

Kiyoshi Ota – Pool/Getty Images(TOKYO) — Japan’s cabinet has selected the nation’s 248th era name, part of a tradition dating back to the 7th century: “Reiwa.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced the name on […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(KIEV, Ukraine) — A comedian with no political experience, best known for playing a man who unexpectedly becomes president on TV, has taken a commanding lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, according […]

iStock(WASHINGTON) — In a stunning about-face, State Department officials said President Donald Trump is cutting off all direct assistance to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. “At the Secretary’s instruction, […]

iStock/Ekspansio(AMSTERDAM) — What would be your reaction if two men knocked on your door and handed you one of the most amazing paintings of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso? This bizarre — though beautiful — moment […]

Cesare Ferrari/iStock(NEW YORK) — A quarter of people interviewed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year during the ongoing Ebola outbreak believed the deadly virus wasn’t real, according to a new study. […]

Birute/iStock(ROME) — Following his visit to the United Arab Emirates last month, Pope Francis sets off on another trip this weekend to continue his effort to foster interfaith dialogue and strengthen relations with Islam and […]