The festival where Afghan youth got to shine
For three days, young people in Kabul could focus on painting, performances and photography, rather than the recent suicide bombings.
PHOTOS: Inside the devastation of the Great Lakes — and the cautious recovery underway
In "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes," journalist Dan Egan crafts a cautious yet hopeful narrative using history, reporting, and his own experiences to highlight the threats posed to the world's largest freshwater system.
5 years after the world’s largest garment factory collapse, is safety in Bangladesh any better?
The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh was considered the worst garment industry accident of all time. Here's what has changed since.
Photos: More than 100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls return home
"They kept us in a big, covered house where no-one could spot where we were, even by air we could not be seen," one of the girls said.
For weeks during brief cease-fires in the volatile rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus, few Syrians left. That all changed this week as thousands escaping Syrian government bombings left by foot with the only belongings they could carry.
North Korea’s missile program dominates news coverage, but the humanitarian situation there is equally dire, according to a report released this week by aid organization CARE.
In 1991, CARE Niger launched a loan program, called Mata Masu Dubara or “women on the move,” to give women-managed households more economic security.
Iraqis are returning home in greater numbers than those displaced by conflict for the first time in four years, the International Organization for Migration said Friday.
From hurricanes and floods to scientific discoveries and World Series wins, we look back at some of the year's tragedies, developing stories and more lighthearted moments.
