Millions of protesters around the world took the day off school and work Friday to participate in the youth-led Global Climate Strike urging action to fight climate change.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it confiscated 32 pounds of rat meat from a passenger arriving at Chicago O'Hare International Airport from the Ivory Coast.

The U.S. Navy has dispatched a second ship, the USNS Carson City, this year to the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

It's good to be a mama's boy: new research suggests bonobo mothers boost their sons' reproductive success.

Former Manchester City and FC Barcelona star Yaya Toure has retired from soccer.

Tree cover tropics shrank by 30 million acres in 2018, the fourth largest decline since record keeping began in 2001.

White House adviser Ivanka Trump visited a female-run textile factory in Ethiopia Monday, part of a U.S. initiative to put 50 million women to work in developing countries by 2025.

Chimpanzees get stressed during times of social instability, according to a new study.

Three teenagers were charged Saturday in connection to the hijacking of a migrant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea.

The International Criminal Court ordered the conditional release of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and former political leader Charles Blé Goudé.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Italy to pay more than $11,700 in damages to Amanda Knox, an American whose murder conviction was overturned.

The Ivory Coast announced its first purchase of a C295 medium transport aircraft, with Airbus calling it ideal because of its proven abilities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was acquitted Tuesday of charges he ordered killings and other crimes after an election in 2011.

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has retired from soccer after two decades.

Ivory Coast winger Wilfried Zaha is now signed with Crystal Palace until the 2022-23 season after inking a new deal with the squad on Wednesday.