In Tanzania, dynamite fishers toss up to 50 bombs a day into the coral reefs - using a technique that, in theory, is outlawed.

A cashless society is not unimaginable anymore. But do you know how it works?

Heavy smog and air pollution have put at least 23 Chinese cities on 'red alert.' And the worst is yet to come.

Facebook's plan to debunk hoax stories with the help of fact checking websites is an approach a German project has been taking since February.

Aleppo may have fallen, but the civil war in Syria is not over.

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RIP, Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Electors will officially cast their ballots to designate the next US president. Although some hope for a surge of "unfaithful electors," it is expected that Donald J. Trump​ will be selected.

The deal follows a Supreme Court ruling that the outpost was built on private Palestinian land.

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An Afghan refugee deported from Germany spoke about his last moments in Germany after arriving in Kabul.

Mediators fear that a failure to resolve differences between the opposition and President Kabila could lead to political violence (via DW Africa).

Germany's first crowdfunded train has made its first journey from Stuttgart to Berlin - arriving five minutes early.