Dr Ian Player, the veteran South African game ranger and doyen of global rhino conservation, would be turning in his grave today were he to discover that another 1,000 rhinos had been slaughtered in the last calendar year. 

At times, separating trash between paper and plastic can be time-consuming. But it's nothing compared to the recycling efforts of residents in Kamikatsu, a small village in southwestern Japan. They sort their garbage into 34 separate categories of waste, like aluminium cans, steel cans, paper cartons, and paper flyers. 

The Trump administration will allow thousands of Syrians to remain in America for at least 18 months. In extending Temporary Protected Status to some 7,000 Syrians currently in the US, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that war-convulsed country remained unsafe for them to return.

Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire could be deported as the deadline to apply for the Government’s immigration amnesty expires, it has emerged. 

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald's resignation comes one day after Politico reported she bought shares in a tobacco company.

Victor Cha, a former White House official who had been under consideration to become US ambassador to South Korea, warned in an essay published Wednesday against giving North Korea a 'bloody nose using a targeted military strike on the regime.

It’s widely assumed Putin will win. The real question is what will happen in six years, and whether the authoritarian system first established by Boris Yeltsin will persist.

Government blocks founding member of young political party from upcoming election, in what activists see as latest effort to muzzle opposition

Nicolas Maduro, who pitched himself as the 'son' of Hugo Chavez ahead of his 2013 presidential win, has unveiled a new campaign song and logo that barely mentions the late socialist leader