Emma Ogao

LONDON -- Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died four days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her former partner, authorities have announced.

India was found to be the world's worst polluting country. LONDON -- An estimated 52 million metric tons of global plastic waste emissions are produced every year, a new study by the University of Leeds has found.

Kshamenk – a male orca – has been living in Argentina’s largest aquarium since 1992.

A capybara that went missing from her enclosure in Telford, United Kingdom, was located on Wednesday after sparking a dayslong search.

A team of over ten vets have on Thursday performed what they described as a ground-breaking world-first surgery on a Rhino with a broken leg.

The North Darfur capital has become a hotspot of fighting between Sudan’s warring parties.

Officials in Cairo denied the claims, saying they sought "to halt the war."

The average size of global wildlife populations have declined by 73% in 50 years, a new study by the World Wildlife Fund has found.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON -- About 90 people were killed and about 50 others were injured when a tanker exploded in Nigeria, a local police spokesperson said.

The petrol tanker exploded after the driver lost control in the town of Majiya, in northwestern Nigeria, late on Tuesday, Shi'isu Adam, a spokesperson for the Jigawa regional police, told reporters on Wednesday.