The Tree of Ténéré was once the world's most isolated tree—but it no longer stands in the Niger desert. Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings explains what happened.

A few days ago, a keen follower of this column, who can now be referred to as a busybody according to the new age presidential lexicon, phoned to harangue me about how rapidly new national landmarks ...

Niger’s government said Thursday it would nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano and accused it of taking a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at ...