The World: Latest Stories

He and his wife were born and raised in Iran and moved to Canada more than three decades ago to escape political violence. But Mohammad and Ashraf Mohyeddin, soon to celebrate their 80th anniversary, still miss their homeland.

Two of the three main financiers of large dam projects in Honduras have suspended that funding after two activists opposed to the projects were murdered.

There's still visibility issues at the Grand Canyon, but things seem to be getting better. Here's how.

Freaking out about your Instagram feed? These tech experts explain social media algorithms.

Laurie Simmons is a photographer and recently spoke with actress Molly Ringwald about her work, and the intersection of motherhood and art

"I think the pope really needs to see Moria refugee camp, which actually right now is functioning as a detention center,” says one priest who works on the island.

Reporter Indira Lakshmanan watched the Sanders-Clinton debate Thursday night. And she has an interesting perspective on the campaign — having covered both Clinton's 2008 run for the presidency and her time as Secretary of State.

Manchester airport in England spent more than $1.5 million on six sniffer dogs for use with incoming passengers. They were trained to detect heroin and cocaine, but they ended up finding cheese and sausages instead.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is the size of Europe and a mile thick. And it's melting faster than we thought, with big effects on the level of the world's seas.

Utada Hikaru was the first Japanese musician to do it all. Sing, write and be a pop star. She quickly became one of the country's most successful musicians — a position no one has managed to take from her.

When Joseph Feingold bought a violin in a flea market in Germany after World War II, he could have never imagined what his violin would become.

“I don’t think I’m good at running just because I’m Ethiopian,” says Esu Alemseged, 18. “But I think if it weren’t for the Ethiopian identity, I wouldn’t be running in the first place.”

We trust computers to know more than we do. But what happens when it's wrong — and it has serious consequences for someone's health. It's more common than you think.

Can the Chinese men's team climb the ranks from doormat to the world’s elite in a generation?

Almost 300 girls were kidnapped in 2014 from Chibok, Nigeria, by Islamist group Boko Haram. At least a few of them appear to be alive in a video obtained by CNN, but nobody knows their whereabouts.

Malik Jalal believes he is on a US kill list. A Pakistani living in northern Waziristan, Jalal has survived four drone attacks that killed some of his close relatives. Now he wants the US government to hear him out.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman published her feminist novella "Herland" 100 years ago. Now a group of Herland pioneers want to make her fantasy a reality.

Struggling Rio de Janeiro state had to lay off security guards, making it easier for these high-schoolers to take over and demand a better education system.

Her family fled the Soviet Union in the '80s. And she recently spent time volunteering with refugees in Greece.

His sperm is believed to have been used to conceive at least 36 children in Canada, the US and Britain. Now three Canadian families are suing.

His keepers think he escaped to the ocean after the lid to his tank was left slightly ajar. It's actually common for octopuses to escape from aquariums.

Marina Nemat and Saeid Vafa have a lot in common. They're both Iranians. They both fled to Canada after running afoul of Iran's government. But they've come to different conclusions about the future of Iran.

Deivis Ventura is the first openly gay candidate running for Congress in the Dominican Republic. An aide calls him "a shock to the brain of the DR’s conservative society.”

Their story is a work of fiction included in Mia Alvar's book, "In the Country."

Immigrant advocates in Patchogue, on New York's Long Island, say Donald Trump's politics fuel anti-immigrant attitudes and his upcoming visit will stir painful memories of a 2008 hate crime that happened there.

Cellist Leyla McCalla explores the connections between the American South and Haiti on her new album, "A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey." The title comes from a Haitian proverb.

Twenty-eight-year-old Ocean Vuong captures his experience coming from Vietnam to the US in his debut poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds."

The struggle to find balance between old and new, modernity and tradition, respect and assimilation, is one that people all over the world have been navigating for centuries. In this case, the tension was encapsulated in a series of beautiful photos that turned half a billion heads.

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum is full of relics from the age of flight. But it's also home to items from the future — props from the original Star Trek TV show.

For Setsuko Winchester, a Japanese American, the idea of freedom from fear is deeply personal. So she used it as the inspiration for an art project.

A new book, London Fog: The Biography, profiles the heyday of this miasma and describes what it took to clean the air up.

"If these were non-aboriginal children, all the resources would be in their schools," First Nations representative Charlie Angus says. "When they’re aboriginal children, well, 'Hey, you can take a number and stand in line.'"

Is oil exporting a curse? Not necessarily, but there is something about oil that is very dangerous to a producing country's people, says an academic with a new book on the subject.

Fariba Nawa and her family fled the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan three decades ago. Now, as a reporter covering Afghan asylum-seekers in Turkey, she says the story feels very familiar.

A total ban on abortion? Despite protests, Poland is moving in that direction.

One look at Brazil's Congress, and you might wonder who’s in worse trouble.

Last year was the bloodiest in the 15-year war in Afghanistan, and there are fears this year will see a further increase in violence.

The opening chord progression in Stairway to Heaven is one of the most famous in rock music. But representatives of a 1960s US band called Spirit say that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page got the idea from them. A federal judge in Los Angeles says a jury should decide.

They were brought in to provide a "feminine touch," but they were really designing for everyone.

Particulates and other emissions from burning fossil fuels are costly for human health: the WHO says 3.3 million people die prematurely due to air pollution. But in the US, utilities are shifting away from coal power and the costs of illnesses triggered by pollution is falling.

The evidence of crimes against humanity is stronger against President Bashar al-Assad than against those who led the genocide in Rwanda, says a former war crimes prosecutor.

Genetic data from more than 1,000 newly sequenced microorganisms show bacteria make up most of the genetic diversity of life on Earth.

Old world maps and atlases are chock full of history, uncharted territories and, if you look carefully, sea monsters.

Americans can now see the Hitler comedy that's been such a hit in Germany. Its director says now is an OK time for Germans to laugh at Hitler. They just have to laugh at the right thing.

In contrast to its US allies, the Canadians want to normalize relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Conservative-led government in Ottawa abruptly cut off ties with Iran in 2012. Now, the new Liberal government says it’s time to turn the page.

By creating a minimal version of a cell, scientists are learning a lot about the number of genes needed to create life.

The Pentagon’s stockpile of air-to-ground munitions has suffered an unexpected dip — and it may take a long time to restore it.

An archaeological dig has unearthed a surprising find: An ancient recipe for a peppery Peruvian fermented drink.

A recent investigation by USA Today into lead levels in water systems across the country found more than 2,000 examples of systems that pose a risk to consumers.