Dr. Chalak Berzingi poses with his wife, Dr. Mayada Issa, and his daughter, Seher Berzingi.

Global Politics

This Iraqi doctor made his home in Trump country

Migrants, hoping to cross into Hungary, walk with babies on their backs along a railway track outside the village of Horgos in Serbia, toward the border it shares with Hungary, on Aug. 31, 2015.

Conflict

Hungary will detain asylum-seekers in shipping containers

Zarfishan Zahid (L) smiles as Sana Tahir (R) holds Malaika Noman, 3, as the child arrives in the United States after a federal judge ruled in July that President Trump's temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries cannot stop grandparent

Two US judges order a freeze on Trump's third travel ban

Young Africans seek to leverage Vice President Harris’ trip to Africa 

50 years ago, Nixon announced the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam

A student shows a piece of ceramic in the archaeological excavation near Salbitz, central Germany, on Friday, April 8, 2011.

States at dawn: Part I

The Kyiv Pesherska Lavra, the Monastery of the Caves, in Kyiv, Ukraine, ornate cathedral, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it’s the heart of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.

Ukraine

Divisions among Orthodox church communities widen amid war in Ukraine

Music

The astonishing life and music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the Ethiopian nun who has died at 99

Raising the street protest to art form: synchronized megaphone barkers sang and chanted in unison to fire up the crowds.

Protest

In France, students prove an unlikely ally in protests against pension reform

Montreal Canadiens superfans brace for historic record to be smashed

The sword of the Royal House of Avis on a stylized cross decorates the 56-meter high Monument to the Discoveries by the Tagus river in Lisbon, Thursday, March 30, 2023. 

Justice

Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery after years of pressure from Indigenous activists

Protesters hold posters calling for protection of Indigenous lands amid growing number of development projects in the Philippines.

Environment

The Philippines is among the most dangerous places in the world for environmental activists

Arts, Culture & Media

Series of reimagined African folk tales launches on Netflix

immigration ban

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