By Anupreeta Das A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins The Canadian ...

In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into the wild. It hasn’t gone as planned. By Mara Hvistendahl and Joy ...

Freedom in the World assigns a freedom score and status to 210 countries and territories. Click on the countries to learn more. Freedom on the Net measures internet freedom in 72 countries. Click on ...

The United States was a leading force in the establishment of the World Bank in 1944 and remains the largest shareholder of the World Bank today. As the only World Bank shareholder that retains veto ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Tuesday that Israel -- and not the United States -- will decide how it will strike back after Iran fired around 200 missiles at his country earlier ...