The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a private zoo.

Keiko Fujimori leads Peru's preliminary presidential vote count after an election disrupted by logistical failures in logistics several areas.

Hezbollah's leader urged Lebanon on Monday to step down from scheduled direct talks with Israel set to take place in Washington, the first in decades. Naim Kassem made the remarks in a televised address on the eve of the scheduled meeting between Lebanon and Israel's ambassadors to the U.

Inflation has sunk to a record low in emerging markets even as it accelerates in advanced economies, signaling developing countries are better placed to respond to higher energy prices and could see a rebound in their bonds.

On a recent sweltering afternoon in the Cuban capital, dozens of commuters on bicycles, scooters and electric motorcycles gathered in a tidy row at the entrance of the Havana Bay Tunnel. They were waiting for the Ciclobús,

Pope Leo XIV began a 10-day Africa trip on April 13 where he is set to visit 11 cities and towns in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

Some U.S. water utilities are reporting that the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water. Israel is a major supplier of the

President Trump is trying to choke off the country’s lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.