There are 195 recognised countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 member states of the UN and two with non-member observer status - Holy See and the State of Palestine.

Embark on a whirlwind tour of 195 countries in just 22 minutes, discovering fascinating facts, curious records, and surprising stories from every corner of the globe! From the birth of humanity in ...

How many countries are there in the world? It sounds like a straightforward question, but the answer depends on who you ask and how you define a “country.” The most widely accepted source, the U.S, ...

A Newsweek map based on World Bank data charts the external debts owed to China by more than 100 countries. Newsweek has contacted the Chinese Foreign Ministry for comment by email. Why It Matters ...

Cameron Mofid, 25, recently traveled to North Korea — making him one of few that have traveled to all 195 countries. Mofid was diagnosed with OCD at a young age, but traveling has helped him ...

Last week, the Greek-American globetrotter returned to Detroit, his goal of reaching all 195 countries in the shortest time ever completed. He stopped the clock at 499 days.

Michael did not initially intend to break the world record. He read a story about Brazilian Anderson Dias, who visited all 196 countries in 543 days in 2019. He thought: "I could do this.

Loss of navigational skills is one of the first symptoms of dementia, and developing a better sense of direction may help ...

“When I told my friends and my family that I had this mission, I was going to visit every country in the world, not a single one of them told me that I could do it,” he recalls.

That's not to say these vehicles are ordinary. Some of the most famous military vehicles have changed the course of history.

Some people just have no sense of direction whatsoever. Words like "north, south, east, and west" may as well be a foreign ...

To cut unnecessary red tape, Gov. Shapiro and Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced this week that, starting ...