Rupert Parker explores Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Peninsula by bicycle Jaffa is still not on most traveller’s itineraries, perhaps because the region is still relatively underdeveloped. The surrounding ...

Thousands will choose to become U.S. citizens this year. Fear of deportation is one reason. So are family, freedom and the hope of a thriving future.

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...

U.S. warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear sites in a dramatic escalation—just the latest in a long, bloody pattern. From proxy ...

Details: For the best view of the fireworks, find a westward facing spot along Newport Harbor. Popular viewing spots include ...

Another vault you’re not allowed to go in is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, AKA the island of Spitsbergen’s Doomsday Vault, ...

Fans and players weren’t the only ones coping with extreme heat this week at the Club World Cup. Sniffer dogs — a common ...

Beijing's bid for enhanced regional leadership suffered a setback when India rejected signing a joint statement put before members of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization. A person famil ...

India, Poland and Hungary are back in human spaceflight. SpaceX launched the countries’ first astronauts in more than 40 ...

This summer, explore Rhode Island via its many bike paths, which allow cyclists to visit towns and enjoy sights across the state ...

It is often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test among an unlikely audience — man’s best friend.

North Sentinel Island, located in the Bay of Bengal, is home to one of the most isolated tribes in the world, the Sentinelese. This indigenous group has lived without contact with the outside world ...