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Author Tracy Kidder recounts the story of a refugee from the war-torn African country of Burundi in the new book Strength in What Remains. When Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza arrived in New York City in 1993, he had little beyond the clothes on his back.

A report by the non-governmental organization Global Witness says more than 60 percent of the West African nation's rainforests have been granted to logging companies in the past six years. The group has found evidence of fraud and misconduct within Liberia's logging sector.

More than 100 people were also wounded. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dave Matthews Band is one of the most commercially successful rock groups in recent history. Here, Matthews reflects on his life in music after the release of the Grammy-nominated Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, as well as the death of one of his band's founding members.

The heat wave embroiling southern and central Europe is making its way north. A report says the heat with low rainfall means nearly half the EU's land area will be affected by drought this summer.

The biggest swarm of locusts in decades has chomped its way around a swath of the Middle East, South Asia and Africa — and is now devouring crops in Kenya.

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.

Same-sex couples still can't marry in the church, but clergy can now choose to confer blessings on a civil marriage or partnership. The decision came after a vigorous debate.

With much of the world rallying around his country's unprecedented run, a member of the Moroccan diaspora says that "to me, we already won the World Cup."

A deal has been reached between Ethiopia's warring parties — the federal government and Tigrayan forces — for a permanent cessation of hostilities.