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Otherwise known as "peace through obliteration."

Negotiators have agreed to a global phase-out of chemicals that run some air conditioners and refrigerators, but are also big contributors to global warming. That has countries and researchers scrambling to come up with clean and affordable alternatives.

It's the first workers strike at Harvard University in 33 years. Dining hall workers walked off the job in early October, looking for better wages and health insurance coverage.

The ISIS attacks on France and Belgium exposed weaknesses in Europe’s approach to borders and information sharing that counterterror officials had warned about for years. The vulnerabilities remain largely unaddressed.

Day after anxious day, a mother who escaped gang violence with her children in El Salvador waits in Boston to know whether she and her family can stay in the US legally or not.

Few doubt that the US-backed alliance will beat the Islamic State out of the Iraqi city of Mosul. But solving that problem is expected to unleash new struggles in Iraq and beyond. Here are some of the biggest challenges ahead.

Hundreds of churches across the world are ringing bells to draw attention to suffering and "nonstop funerals" in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

“We weren’t going to sit down as a news organization and just take a pass," says Mi-Ai Parrish, the head of the conservative paper. "So we didn’t."

Twenty-one Nigerian school girls were reunited with their parents Sunday after two years in captivity. They say Boko Haram is still holding some of their classmates.

Donald Trump has claimed that the US election is rigged against him. An international elections expert explains why that's not the case.

What it means to be lucky in the aftermath of a brutal storm.

The US has the bald eagle. The United Arab Emirates has falcons. The bird is rooted in the country's culture and tradition. And a hospital near Abu Dhabi is helping preserve that tradition.

Drought, warmer temperatures and surging bark beetle populations are leading to unprecedented mortality rates for trees in California.

How will cars of the future connect to each other — and improve driving for us?

Paris is famous for many things: fashion, art, cafes — and revolution. Now the City of Light is attempting a new kind of revolution: it now bans cars built before 1997 from the city’s streets during the busy part of weekdays.

Dr. Jill Stein is the 2016 Green Party nominee for president of the United States.

In order to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or less by the end of the century, oil and gas companies will eventually have to limit how much fossil fuel they extract. Most oil companies are facing this reality and writing down the value of their future oil assets. ExxonMobil is not, and the SEC wants to know why.

A peek into the theatrics of campaign appearances.

A new state-sponsored movie in Russia commemorates the sacrifice of “Panfilov's 28” in the WWII battle for Moscow. Their story is as iconic for Russians as the flag-raising over Iwo Jima is for Americans. The only problem is, it's not quite true.

“This is happening in a country we look up to as a progressive, and really a developed nation.”

The US fired cruise missiles to defend its ships in the Red Sea — and got drawn deeper into the civil war in Yemen.

'Gaslighting' has been all over the press lately, mainly in reference to Donald Trump. But the term dates all the way back to the 1930s.

For almost two years now, Cubans, like Harold López-Nussa, have witnessed enormous changes taking place in their country. Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States have been restored. And for the younger generation, the future sure looks bright. López-Nussa has witnessed that change personally. Not only is it easier to travel, but he's been signed to a record label here in the States.

What happens when the last native speaker of a language has died? Is that language "dead" or just "sleeping?" And can it be woken up again?

Thousands of fake bomb detectors were marketed and sold in the Middle East. But even though the manufacturers have been jailed for fraud, security guards are still using the phony detectors.

Thailand begins a year of mourning for its late king.

The only female obstetrician left in eastern Aleppo says she's living in a ghost town.

A woman from Thailand has spent decades finding and commemorating places in the US state where the Thai royal family lived 100 years ago, and where the late Thai King Bhumibol was born.

The music legend, whose poetic lyrics have influenced generations of fans, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday — the first songwriter to win the award in a decision that stunned prize watchers.

Though this event has been discussed in whispers for years, open talk of the king’s passing has been effectively criminalized — thus stifling any real public reckoning in advance of this long-dreaded day.

US Department of Justice lawyers said in federal court Tuesday they will pursue criminal contempt of court charges against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for his violation of a federal judge’s order in a racial profiling case.

This is a personal tale of atonement and chickens: Sarah Birnbaum and her mom went to Brooklyn to take part in a Jewish ritual called Kaparot.

News has emerged that a sophisticated cyber-attack that aimed to destroy a TV network in France was the work of the same Russian hacking group that has targeted the Hillary Clinton campaign.

The Chinese Communist Party is officially atheistic. But it now recognizes the role that religion can play in building social harmony. Will this be good or bad for the faithful?

ISIS appears to have weaponized drones. It's the latest example of the terror group's ability to adapt and innovate on the battlefield.

Composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol is a Turkish-born Muslim American. He says his latest album is "Sufi-influenced contemporary jazz."

When President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June, he promised mercy for drug addicts who turned themselves in. But there are very few drug rehab programs in the Philippines, and now some of the users who surrendered are being killed by masked gunmen.

Depression shouldn't be stigmatized — it should be spoken about openly and with respect.

Her mother was pregnant when assailants bundled her father into the back of a car in Beirut in 1985. Six years later he was released, but the family's life would never be the same.

Donald Trump brought up China dumping steel in the US, to which Hillary Clinton responded, “And Donald Trump is buying it to build his buildings.”

More than one million people in Haiti need urgent help after Hurricane Matthew smashed homes, crops and infrastructure last week. Now the deadly water-borne disease of cholera is spreading.

The UK government won't start the process of leaving the EU until early 2017, but businesses are already feeling the effects.

Samsung tried to fix the problem. But it didn't work.

There's still hope. Many middle-aged Colombians, who have never experienced their country at peace, remain hopeful that the government can come to another peace deal with the guerrilla group, FARC.

This is part of why Obama’s plan to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS is taking so long.

A plan to store natural gas and propane in caverns beneath Lake Seneca, in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes wine region, has some local residents and wineries concerned.

Native American activists say they have a lot history to correct, teach and re-learn. They hope Indigenous Peoples Day will start a public conversation.

"I’m not really sure sure that either candidate is really going to comfort the Turks," says one reporter based in Istanbul.

One new group is trying to motivate young people to go to the polls to protect the planet and fight climate change by voting against Donald Trump.

Trump made history Sunday night at the second presidential debate when he threatened to jail his opponent if he were to win. Is that legal?