Humanitarian rescue boat stranded in Spanish port over ‘administrative persecution,’ NGO says

Evangelicals in Brazil want to make contact with Indigenous groups. But why?

Afro Brazilian religious groups are under attack

Brazil’s evangelicals work with the US on a political mission

Damares Alves is a rising star in Brazilian politics

Brazil’s evangelicals stand with President Bolsonaro

‘Memory speaks’: How to reclaim your mother tongue without having to relearn it from scratch

Iraqi protesters loyal to Sadr storm Parliament building to send message to political rivals, analyst says

Conservationists focus on community reforestation efforts to save Mexico’s wetlands

‘I’m being strangled here’: Refugees returned by Turkey to Syria say conditions are bleak

Sri Lanka’s fuel shortage is hurting the country’s fishing industry

Singer Rosalía’s new song ‘Despechá’ was a viral hit even before its official release

US companies reexamine supply chains under new law against Uyghur forced labor

‘The summer of stress’: Amid airline staffing shortages, lost luggage rates have soared

Sri Lankans wait in line for days to refuel their vehicles amid shortages, economic crisis

The rise of Ultimate Frisbee as a team sport in China

200,000 ‘Documented Dreamers’ are literally waiting a lifetime for a green card

Pope Francis apologizes to Canada’s Indigenous communities. But some say it doesn’t go far enough.

Welcome to Longyearbyen: The height of Arctic haute cuisine

Jackie Chan is producing a movie in Syria. Some Syrians are outraged.

Wildfires continue to surge across Spain amid 100-degree temps, drought

Alberta’s diminishing bee colonies could have severe economic, environmental implications, expert says

Svalbard’s polar bears persist as sea ice melts — but not forever

‘We are ready to face any violence’: Protesters in Sri Lanka brace for a crackdown

‘An air of hope’: Sri Lankans see cricket as a welcome distraction from the country’s economic, political woes

‘Either they die, or we do’: A rabbit plague threatens farmers’ livelihoods in northeast Spain

Russian propaganda tries to convince youth that Russia is “always a victim of the West,” great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev says

In Cancun, this man is turning seaweed trash into natural-building treasures

‘It is pure magic’: Pakistani song ‘Pasoori’ climbs the charts in India and beyond

Meet Peru’s Quechuan hip-hop star 

‘I want people to have uncomfortable conversations’: A new documentary explores Chinese and Black relations in the Jim Crow South

Could Colombia’s incoming president legalize cocaine?

Experts question what the US will get out of Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Ukraine’s zoos struggle to stay afloat during war, with traumatized animals and dwindling resources

Tokyo café specializes in aiding procrastinators 

‘You hit this glass ceiling’: Undocumented US students returned to Mexico struggle to continue their college studies

US and Israel sign joint declaration on Iran’s nuclear program during Biden’s visit

‘The country is on its knees’: Ghana seeks IMF bailout amid economic woes, teachers’ strike 

President Biden’s visit to Israel focuses on regional security 

Modular housing in Ukraine provides shelter — and hope — for internally displaced people

Son of Conti: Ransomware tries its hand at politics

Kino Bay’s Becerra family gave up traditional fishing to focus on saving sea turtles

Peru’s avocado ‘green-gold’ rush loses some shine

As euro slides in value, US likely to ‘import more, export less,’ economist explains

These monks are on a mission to protect Lebanon’s sacred cedar trees — before it’s too late

Turkey eyes a new military operation in northern Syria, leaving people in the area on edge

Haitians face a ‘very dire climate’ one year after Moïse’s assassination, journalist says

Needle-spiking trend in Europe alarms nightclubbers — especially women

Massive data breach in China raises questions around govt’s responsibility in securing data, expert says

Longtime refugees in Georgia say goodbye to the Soviet-era sanatoriums they called home

Sudanese protesters demand a ‘purely civilian transitional government’ activist says

Ukrainian refugees found shelter in Spain’s empty hotels. But then, tourists came back.

Solar power is the ‘only business that’s booming’ amid financial and electricity crises in Lebanon, experts say

‘It’s controversial because it’s important,’ Malaysian Chinese pop artist says of his censored music

Going public with Brittney Griner’s wrongful detention in Russia could be risky, hostage expert says

Uzbek govt needs ‘more consultation with the population’ amid unrest, expert says

‘At least there is peace here’: Rwandans weigh in on controversial migrant deal with UK

Many Germans fear ‘active participation in war’ as country increases military aid to Ukraine

The Egyptian govt has begun demolishing Cairo’s iconic houseboats

Cuban dissident artists behind hit protest song ‘Patria y Vida’ sentenced to prison