With one text, drones can deliver blood to remote areas in Rwanda

African nation partners with California-based tech company that builds and develop drones that drop blood instead of bombs

• Oct 14, 2016

Russia claims U.S. is conducting "scorched earth" policy

Foreign Ministry accuses the United States of conducting a “scorched earth” policy in relation to Russia during the final months of Barack Obama’s presidency

• Oct 13, 2016

First Latin American elephant refuge opens in Brazil

Figuring out what to do with aging elephants has become increasingly difficult as their natural habitats come under attack on the two continents they come from

• Oct 13, 2016

Colombia's president extends ceasefire with rebels to save peace deal

President Juan Manuel Santos said in a televised address that he was extending the ceasefire with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia until Dec. 31

• Oct 13, 2016

More children killed in Aleppo as rocket and mortar attacks continue

Mortar lands in residential neighborhood, kills children walking to school amid ongoing violence in Syria's largest city

• Oct 13, 2016

Hurricane Nicole pummels Bermuda with powerful winds

Storm floods homes, knocks out power to tens of thousands who live in British territory

• Oct 13, 2016

Powerful greenhouse gases in focus at global climate meeting

Greenhouse gases that are more powerful than carbon dioxide are the focus of a global climate meeting this week in Africa

• Oct 13, 2016

Incoming U.N. chief: Syrians' suffering "breaks my heart"

United Nations General Assembly elects Portugal's former prime minister as ninth secretary-general

• Oct 13, 2016

ISIS bomb plot suspect kills himself in jail cell

Police in Germany under mounting scrutiny following botched raid, and now death of suspected airport bomb plot suspect

• Oct 13, 2016

Thailand's king, world's longest-reigning monarch, dead at 88

Bhumibol Adulyadej became king in 1946, was revered in Thailand as demigod

• Oct 13, 2016

21 schoolgirls freed by Islamic extremists after 2 years

Some 197 of the Chibok girls, kidnapped from village in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram militants, remain missing

• Oct 13, 2016

Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in literature

Stunning announcement marks the first time someone primarily seen as a musician has won the prestigious award

• Oct 13, 2016

Official: Yemen rebels fire 2 missiles at Navy ship, U.S. responds with strikes

Following the attack on USS Mason, the Pentagon confirmed U.S. strikes against radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen’s Red Sea coast

• Oct 13, 2016

Hurricane Nicole strengthens as it heads for Bermuda

While Bermuda has sturdy infrastructure and is accustomed to storms, government officials urged people to prepare for the hurricane and remain indoors

• Oct 12, 2016

Hurricane Matthew death toll rises along with floodwaters

Storm has killed at least 36 people in the Southeast -- 20 of them in North Carolina; One North Carolina town hardest hit was also least able to absorb the blow

• Oct 12, 2016

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