Indigenous lands face the greatest threat from the expansion of gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonprofit Amazon Environmental Research Institute, known as IPAM.
Police in Congo fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating against constitutional changes they said could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term in office.
The Pentagon's Inspector General said Operation Epic Fury has resulted in "strategic inventory shortfalls" and industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday he plans to meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng over the weekend to discuss economic pressure on Iran and set the table for Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Canada intends to emerge from its trade war with the United States as a more resilient and independent economy, signaling that Ottawa is prepared to wait for the right conditions rather than rush ...
Attorney General Todd Blanche promised to release more government records related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, disputing allegations from victims' families that the documents are being withheld to protect Saudi Arabia.
New border control rules taking effect in China on Tuesday could ban citizens from leaving the country if they engage in illegal activity that endangers national or industrial security.
A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace early Tuesday, a day after a Russian warship fired flares at a Danish military helicopter operating in the Baltic Sea.
A fuel shortage in Yemen is hampering the movement of people fleeing the country's escalating fighting and seeking safety across the Red Sea in Djibouti, with the U.N. migration agency warning that more Yemenis are ready to make the crossing by boat.
Houthi rebels said Tuesday that Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes on four of its enclaves in Yemen, after the Iran-backed militia attacked three cities in the kingdom.