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Afghan interpreters risked their lives to work with the US military. Now a special visa program designed to give them sanctuary in the US is running out of visas.

Following is a summary of the cases, great and small, ensnaring the main contenders in France's presidential election campaign.

There have been growing fears among Jews in France since high-profile anti-Semitic attacks in 2015 and 2016. Now some Jewish parents say they're worried about anti-Semitism in French public schools.

This year's NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament welcomes five teams making their first-time appearance, including Northwestern and UC Davis.

These scientists have a plan for dealing with hazardous asteroids.

MP Geert Wilders has promised a "patriotic revolution," but final opinion polls showed his support deflating.

The congressman's tweet may have pleased some of his supporters, but a reporter who's followed King's career says it misrepresents northwestern Iowa.

An ice wall and pumps are keeping some water from being contaminated, but the problem of hazardous waste is growing — fast.

At SXSW, it’s not just the president’s executive orders that cause concerns. Companies are worried about their ability to recruit the world’s top talent if America sounds — and becomes — a less welcoming place.

The rise of ethnonationalism around the world is challenging the idea of multicultural, tolerant, liberal democracy. It's a subject close to home for the London-based Lebanese satirist, Karl Sharro.

Donald Trump the businessman might have liked the embargo lifted, but what about Trump the president?

Deepak Singh arrived armed with an MBA from India, but he couldn’t find a job in his field in the US. He ended up working a minimum-wage job at a mall electronics store.

Scientists think the transparent new film could be really, really useful in artificial skin.

Spain has gone through some hard times, with a deep recession and high unemployment. Yet anti-immigrant, anti-EU politics don't resonate there.

Empty chairs at the agency in charge of US foreign affairs could have a big impact on global stability.

Foreign musicians face a complex maze of regulations when it comes to performing in the United States. The members of the Italian indie rock band Soviet Soviet found that out when they were detained and deported last week while en route to the South by Southwest festival.

Republican lawmaker Steve King included a cartoon depicting the anti-Islam politician plugging a hole in a dyke labeled "Western civilization."

People living near the Polygon, the old Soviet Union's biggest nuclear testing ground, are still suffering from diseases tied to high radiation levels.

Canada's Aboriginal Peoples Television Network has more than 100 original shows produced almost entirely by indigenous Canadians — from dramas and documentaries to investigative news and a cooking show.

As the Trump administration begins to reverse dozens of environmental and other policies created over the past few decades, a scientist in Canada shares her experience under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The WHO has warned that we’re headed for a “post-antibiotic era.” But the next penicillin could be in your backyard.

Scott Pruitt says there's no proof that carbon dioxide pollution is causing the Earth to heat up. Well-established science — and a scientist who's a fellow Republican — says that's flat-out wrong.

Artist Jon McNaughton made a name for himself creating works protesting the policies of President Barack Obama.

If you can't make it to Austin for the festival, don't worry — you can still enjoy it from the comfort of your home.

America is literally falling apart.

They were the underdogs at this year's World Baseball Classic. But they've pulled off one upset victory after another.

This very cool band has a retro soul sound.

Nike has become the first major global manufacturer to make a hijab for Muslim athletes.

Thousands of younger demonstrators erupted with joy while a rival older crowd angrily clashed with riot police on Friday — epitomizing the generational splits over the country's sweeping political scandal.

One of Myanmar's most important lakes and cultural sites is under assault from development and climate change. One man is trying to turn things around.

Australia's offshore detention camps have been brought to the attention of the International Criminal Court. Human rights lawyers want the ICC to investigate whether crimes against humanity are being committed there.

The new bill could hurt senior patients, and people covered under the ACA's Medicaid expansion could also lose coverage if states don't have enough money to pick up the tab.

If only passports could talk, they would have stories to tell. By digging into the historical aspects, the dates and the travel stamps, passport collector Tom Topol has made some interesting discoveries.

Sanctuary counties span 30 states and represent 92 percent of America's population. As pressure builds on cities to either give up or double down on sanctuary, we'll map changes.

Jordan is home to some of the most educated women in the Middle East. It also has some of the lowest rates of female participation in the workforce.

The FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, has called net neutrality “a solution in search of a problem.”

Survivors of the Navy SEAL raid in Yemen tell their side of the story.

According to the 2016 Current Population Survey from the US Census Bureau, immigrants and their US-born children make up 27 percent of the overall US population.

Here's a headline that the White House wouldn't like. Donald Trump's ultra luxury hotel and tower in Baku, Azerbaijan was built with the help of corrupt companies possibly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Adam Davidson's investigation of this story now appears in the New Yorker.

Get a good education, and the world's your oyster, right? Not necessarily, if you're a woman in Jordan. While Jordan has one of the highest female literacy rates in the Middle East, and there are more women in college there than men, gender discrimination still abounds in the workplace. This is not just costing women, it's costing Jordan — half to almost a full percentage point of GDP growth each year, says the Brookings Institution. What's at play here? Jordanian lawyer and human rights activist Asma Khader shares her thoughts with The World's Shirin Jaafari.

Kate Hendricks Thomas says she and other military women typically endure sexual abuse on the job and so she was not surprised to learn that a Facebook page called "Marines United" with 30,000 Marine followers posted nude photos of females Marines.

Should you respond to that suspiciously attractive suitor on OkCupid? Should you invest your money in a “too-good-to-be-true” land deal? Before you trust anyone, listen to Maria Konnikova talk about the history and psychology of cons.

“Domestic violence means when someone is tied to a bed and abused or tortured,” said one police officer. “When husband and wife are fighting, that's a different matter."

Joe Milano is the owner of Union Oyster House. He also happens to be the honorary consul general for Thailand.

President Trump's plans for a wall between Mexico and the United States and a travel ban against citizens from six Muslim-majority countries may not be the best way to fix the country's immigration laws. Immigration law professor David Martin, who helped shape immigration policy under the Clinton and Obama administrations, thinks Trump proposals are not the solution.

Liberian women united behind the candidacy of a 60-something grandmother to lead their war-ravaged nation.

A once fringe idea, some Californians are now seriously contemplating Calexit.

South Sudan's refugee crisis seems to be getting worse. But there's reason for optimism, and it all comes down to Uganda’s unusual and progressive refugee policy.