The new fissures, about 50 feet apart, sent streaks of fiery red and orange molten rock down toward the sea, parallel to an earlier flow that reached the Atlantic Ocean earlier this week. ...

Somalia has opened the country’s first public oxygen plant as the Horn of Africa nation with one of the world’s weakest health systems combats COVID-19. ...

Brain imaging revealed differences in gray matter thickness. ...

The bizarre COVID-19 protocols at the Geiger Montessori School said students had to wear masks in the cafeteria and could lower them “only to take a bite or drink.” ...

In total, Border Patrol agents have picked up 130,710 unaccompanied children across the entire southern border between October 2020 and Aug. 31 this year. ...

President Biden dismissed critics of his far-reaching new COVID-19 vaccine mandates, saying that they could "have at it" and that the "vast majority" of people agree with him. ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has turned down international offers of COVID-19 vaccines and instead insisted he would fight the pandemic in "our style." ...

More than 122,000 people have now been evacuated from war-torn Afghanistan by the US and its allies -- more than the population of Caribbean vacation destination Aruba. ...

Officials had also warned of a potential security threat likely emanating from the ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan. ...

More than 800,000 military members have yet to be vaccinated for COVID, according to the Pentagon​. ...