International

Known for its colorful pink hues and rich salt deposits, Lake Retba, or Lac Rose, is a driving force of Senegal's economy. But extracting salt from a hypersaline lake comes with its fair share of risks for local miners.

Japan has long harvested a shrub called mitsumata for its money supply. But when mitsumata started dying out, Japan frantically searched for alternatives to make yen.

The number of private jets operating around the world has more than doubled since 2000, tracking closely with the global surge in billionaires. Now private airlines are coming up with new ways to get customers hooked. Here's a look at the rise of the $40 billion industry.

On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under pressure.

The Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students and gave it 72 hours to hand over student records. Now, Harvard is suing the Trump administration for the ban.

Truck drivers in India provide an essential service to villagers in the Himalayas when they transport food, water, and medicine to remote regions. But the crucial work comes at a deadly cost.

Hyunseung Lee and his family defected from North Korea in 2014 after a series of violent executions by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. Despite living a privileged life in the elite class of Pyongyang and serving in the North Korean special forces, he feared for his safety.

Before the war, Hamada Shaqoura was a food blogger. Now, he spends his days cooking to feed children and displaced people in Gaza. And he figured out a way to reach millions on social media without saying a word. His intense stare at the camera as he cooks various dishes has been easy for many to understand.

After more than a decade of war in Syria, hundreds of inmates in one of the country's most notorious prisons are being reunited with their families.