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Darian Dalili has not seen his father since 2016, when Shahab traveled to Iran for a family funeral and was detained.

A three-person tribunal has recommended against the firing of a Georgia teacher who is at risk of being terminated after reading a book about gender identity to her fifth grade class, according to the teacher's attorney.

Rural Mingo County, West Virginia, is one of America's poorest counties. Nearly one-third of its residents live below the poverty line, only a third of its population is employed and countless lives have been upended by opioid addiction.

The world is facing an "unprecedented water crisis" driven by soaring demand and the accelerating climate crisis, according to a new report.

North Korea's first public confirmation that a US soldier crossed into its territory in July has prompted an appeal from his family to treat him humanely, as questions remain about why he entered one of the most hostile countries on Earth at a time of heightened tensions on the peninsula.

Students in Arkansas public high schools enrolled in the controversial Advanced Placement African American Studies course will not be able to receive credit toward graduation, state education officials told districts last week.

Indonesia's capital Jakarta is the world's most polluted city, according to a new study, and the country's president may have the cough to prove it.

Four Australian surfers who were saved after 38 hours at sea have spoken publicly for the first time after their miraculous rescue, thanking those involved in the operation, as the search continues for one more person still missing.

One of Vietnam's biggest automakers has made a big splash on its entry to Wall Street, pushing its market capitalization above that of industry giants such as Volkswagen and Ford.

New Zealand's former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was moved to tears by the country's women's soccer team at this year's World Cup.

China's defense minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday warned against "playing with fire" when it comes to Taiwan in a veiled jab at the United States as he addressed a security conference in Russia.

North Korea on Wednesday confirmed publicly for the first time that US Army Pvt. Travis King crossed into its territory.

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a local fire services official told CNN on Wednesday.

Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the home and office of a newspaper owner, prompting a sharp rebuke from a press freedom group and raising constitutional questions far beyond the small city in the state.

The death toll in the Maui wildfires has risen to 106, Maui County officials said Tuesday, a week after the flames started sweeping through parts of the Hawaiian island.

The agony wrought by the deadliest US wildfire in a century is only beginning in Lahaina, Hawaii, where the inferno virtually wiped the town off the map.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender at the Fulton County jail, the local sheriff said Tuesday in a statement, along with the other 18 co-defendants charged on Monday in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case.

Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants have until August 25 to voluntarily surrender to Georgia authorities after being indicted in the state's 2020 election subversion case. All the defendants will be booked at the Fulton County jail, the sheriff said Tuesday.

John Chachas, the owner of luxury department store Gump's San Francisco, wrote an open letter to Governor Newsom, Mayor London Breed, and the city's Board of Supervisors, pleading for them to act on what he describes as the city's worsening downtown conditions.

Maui's working class have become do-it-yourself first responders and cul-de-sac commanders but the famous "aloha spirit" is being strained.