Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist.But a multi-year drought has slowed large sections of the imposing falls to little more than a weak…

We're back in familiar territory. North Korea is again issuing cryptic threats that officials around the world are scrambling to decipher.A so-called "Christmas gift" for the United States, a year-end deadline and a new path have all been mooted by…

Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a correctional facility after being found guilty of corruption and illegitimate possession of foreign currency.The 75-year-old dictator will be sent to a correctional facility, as anyone over the…

Guillaume Debré didn't know how to break it to his young daughters and has yet to show them a photograph of the swastika. "They are markings on sacred stones, that spell out hate and in this country, we understand what…

North Korean state media has reported that "another crucial test" was successfully conducted at the country's Sohae Satellite Launching Ground late Friday.It was not immediately clear what was tested, but the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the test…

Fears are growing among India's 200 million Muslims that they could soon be classified as illegal immigrants under new, far-reaching government proposals.Earlier this year, authorities released an updated count of Indian nationals in the northeastern state of Assam, home to…

NASA's Juno mission spotted a new cyclone the size of Texas during a close flyby of Jupiter in November.The gas giant is already home to several giant cyclones, and this newly discovered storm will offer even more insight into Jupiter's…

Job alert!Buckingham Palace is looking to hire a Head of Digital Engagement -- someone to "maintain The Queen's presence in the public eye and on the world stage."In a job posting on LinkedIn, the Royal Household put out a call…

Hundreds of people have joined a hunger strike in northeast India, where the government has deployed troops and shut down the internet in the wake of a controversial citizenship bill opponents worry will marginalize non-Hindu voices in one of India's…

One of six men convicted of brutally beating and raping a student on a bus in New Delhi in 2012 is asking the country's judiciary to spare him from the death penalty.His argument? Air pollution is already killing him.Akshay Thakur…

A specialist team recovered six bodies from White Island on Friday, days after the island's volcano erupted while a tour group was visiting.The death toll has risen to 14. Two people are still missing on the island and presumed dead,…

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the most active and dependable displays of the year, according to the American Meteor Society. This year, the shower will peak on the evening of December 13 and 14, so hope for clear…

NASA's OSIRIS-REx is on a mission to bring back the first sample from an asteroid, and the team behind it has found the perfect place to collect that material.NASA announced Thursday that they've identified the "Nightingale" location, within a crater…

The Hubble Space Telescope had a front row seat to capture the best and closest image to date of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, a visitor that originated from outside of our solar system. On Sunday, the comet passed within 190 million…

Forty-seven men accused of homosexuality are standing trial in a Nigerian court, their lawyer and a rights group told CNN.The men, who say they are innocent of the charges, appeared in court on Thursday. They are among the group of…

All 38 passengers on board the Chilean Air Force plane that went missing Monday on its way to Antarctica are presumed dead, according to Chilean Defense Minister Alberto Espina.Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Espina said 32 members of the…

No, it's not a follow-up song to Lou Bega's one-hit wonder "Mambo No. 5." The light from the galaxy known as MAMBO-9 traveled for 13 billion years to reach us, making it the most distant star-forming galaxy ever observed with…

The world needs to reach "peak meat" within the next 10 years to combat the effects of climate change, scientists have warned.In a letter to The Lancet Planetary Health Journal, they said all but the poorest countries needed to set…

An attack on a military base in Niger has left 71 soldiers dead and 12 wounded, Defense Minister Issoufou Katambe said on Wednesday.The attack happened on Tuesday when several hundred heavily armed militants ambushed the soldiers at a military outpost…

It's an automatic reflex for many of us: obediently tapping a few times on a can of beer or soda to stop it from frothing over.But researchers in Denmark have discovered that we've been wasting our time. Tapping on a…

Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday morning during repair work in Russia's Arctic Sea port of Murmansk, according to Russian state news agencies.Six people are thought to have been injured and one person is believed to…

Military personnel will attempt to recover bodies of the remaining victims of New Zealand's White Island volcano tragedy at first light Friday local time -- four days after it erupted.A total of 47 people were on the island, which is…

Troops have been deployed to India's ethnically diverse northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, amid violent protests against the passing of a controversial and far-reaching law that offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Mulism minorities.The Citizenship Amendment Bill, which…

Every year, something different captures our attention -- but we don't always know how to say it right. (Remember when we taught you how to pronounce "Beto O'Rourke" last year? And how to sound out "Namibia" the year before that?)It's…