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A 60-year-old shelter for immigrant children run by Catholic Charities in Miami is shutting down due to curbed federal funds.

Aid groups working to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are facing various challenges, including supply chain shortages, funding cuts, and access issues.

The U.S. indicted Cuba's former President Raúl Castro over the 1996 downing of two civilian planes -- a dramatic move that could further inflame tensions between Washington and Havana.

The Colorado Democratic Party voted to formally censure the state’s top elected Democrat, Gov. Jared Polis. The party also ...

About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little climate ...

The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations ...

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President Trump said Gulf allies persuaded him not to resume attacks on Iran -- they fear the consequences of a renewed war.

NPR's A Martínez asks Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins University what a potential restart of military strikes against Iran would mean for the U.S. and its regional partners.