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Venezuela's new 'fatherland' ID card, created with China's ZTE, helps create social control
Venezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the 'carnet de la patria,' or 'fatherland card.' The ID transmits data about cardholders to computer servers. The card is increasingly linked by the government to subsidized food, health and other social programs most Venezuelans rely on to survive.
Devotees at Thai temple give alms to tens of thousands of Buddhist monks
Up to 500 migrants may have drowned in Mediterranean tragedy
Sushi for Passover? With age-old ban lifted, rice is now kosher at seder meal
Want to see a doctor in China? Wait in line or pay an illegal scalper to jump it for you
Just 10 percent of world military spending could wipe out poverty by 2030
Global military expenditure reached almost $1.7 trillion last year.
It's official — North Korea is pursuing a nuclear program
A top Pyongyang envoy told Reuters the hermit kingdom will move ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile program, in defiance of the US and its allies.
Brazil's Lula is likely to consider a cabinet post after corruption charges against him
Sources said the ex-president plans to travel to Brasilia on Tuesday to discuss his options with incumbent Dilma Rousseff.
Sea level rise is projected to displace 13 million in the United States by 2100
The number of people who could be displaced in US coastal regions due to rising sea levels this century as a result of climate change is much higher than previously thought.
What the newly released bin Laden documents teach us about Al Qaeda
Here's what you'll find inside the latest batch of documents recovered in the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Introducing the world’s dopest tablecloth
A Swedish company has developed a tablecloth with a drum kit and piano keys printed on the fabric. Here's how it works.
India's seeing its biggest student protests in 25 years. Here's why
Thousands of students are protesting nationwide as the government cracks down on dissent.
Asian-American judges among Obama's options to replace Scalia
The Republican-controlled US Senate would have to approve the nomination.
Unsurprisingly, Russia denies hitting civilians in Syria
Several Western countries have said there is no hope for progress without a halt to the Russian bombing, which has decisively turned the balance of power in favor of Assad.
A timeline of Zika's origin and global spread
Have you lost track of how the virus became a threat? Here's a quick look at where it came from.