Jordan is racing against time to save a tiny rare fish from extinction as falling water levels partly triggered by global warming threaten to dry up its last habitat. The Dead Sea toothcarp -- scientific name Aphanius dispar richardsoni -- has been on...

A crucial hydroelectric plant in California is expected to shut down for the first time in 50 years as water levels in the area continue to decrease. Officials on Thursday said the ongoing drought in the Western U.S. as well as high temperatures have...

Su and her husband are among the 1.7 million Myanmar nationals working in neighboring Thailand, according to the Migrant Workers Group, and part of a vital network of overseas workers who support relatives at home.

The collapse of a section of the Mexico City metro line in May was a structural failure caused by at least six serious construction errors, a report found.

Democrats and progressive activists who have been working for months on a sweeping voting rights bill quickly embraced on Thursday a new, far narrower plan suddenly put forward by Senator Joe Manchin III, their party’s sole holdout on the issue. Their...