Ely is known as “the sad elephant.” She’s been depressed since she was rescued from abusive conditions at a circus years ago.

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For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

The Brutalist,” a winner of three Academy awards, was shot almost entirely in Hungary. The central European country has ...

Stand-up comedy has existed in Ukraine for less than two decades and has only recently become a mainstream form of ...

On this day 12 years ago, Pope Francis became the first pope from Latin America. Since then, in all of his travels around the ...

Sitting at 12,000 feet above sea level, Bolivia’s La Paz has the highest altitude of any administrative capital of any ...

Israel has blocked the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, citing Hamas’ rejection of a new proposal to extend the ceasefire ...

When natural disaster strikes, people can lose anything and everything. But what survivors often say they miss most are the ...

Many Catholics in Argentina are praying for Pope Francis’ recovery — and hoping that he will finally come back his home ...

Over the weekend, residents of Brisbane, Australia, were bracing for the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The storm was ...