International rules bar the sale, which experts fear would encourage poaching. But with elephant populations and attacks on ...

DALANZADGAD SOUM, UMNUGOVI PROVINCE, MONGOLIA — When Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai arrived at the Musical Drama Theatre in Dalanzadgad soum to meet with local citizens in May, ...

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water. NORTON, ZIMBABWE — Paul Majoni stares at the ...

UTUADO, PUERTO RICO — The journey to reach the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center in the town of Utuado is a hot and humid trek across the western part of Puerto Rico’s central mountain ranges. The ...

The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating. BIRGUNJ, NEPAL — Thanks to a tip from friends, Sanju Mahato crossed Nepal’s border into India, walked into a pharmacy, and ...

ERDENET, ORKHON PROVINCE, MONGOLIA — On that day in October 2019, the afternoon bell rang, and the girls thought school was over. They were ready to go home, but their teachers told them to stay. They ...

OAXACA DE JUÁREZ, MEXICO — Dawn lights up shards of glass along the downtown streets of Oaxaca de Juárez — vestiges of the broken windows of cars that had been parked there during the night. One ...

And outlining what it will take to get it back. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Wards bustling with highly motivated health care workers, readily available medication, decent salaries, a thriving teaching hospital ...

Is domestic violence included in the penal code?

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — What started off as mischief grew into a few months of crime that landed Miriam Nyakatsari a two-year prison term for theft and unlawful entry. Nyakatsari says her life was a mess ...

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — At the end of September 2023, President Félix Tshisekedi called for withdrawal of a peacekeeping mission to Democratic Republic of Congo. Tshisekedi was speaking ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — At 18, Bharati left Nepal’s Kavrepalanchok district dreaming of one thing: to send his future children to top boarding schools in the country. Pursuing this vision, he found himself ...