Since 2016, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) have been bringing together families separated by the US-Mexico border, in an event called Hugs Not Walls. Twice a year, hundreds of families have the chance to see long-lost relatives for an unimaginably short, but precious, period of time: three minutes.
Lewis Bennett and his wife Isabella Hellman had just welcomed a new daughter when they set sail last April with the intention of sailing from St. Maarten to Florida on a catamaran named "Surf Into Summer."
In the 17th century, an exquisite dagger crafted from jade and inlaid with gold was created for Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the Taj Mahal. Two centuries later, it had found its way into the private collection of Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code.
A US Navy reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian fighter jet Monday in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, according to three US defense officials and a statement from the Navy.
Lion Air Flight 610 was intact with its engines running when it crashed at high speed into the Java Sea, the head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Monday.
Brent Taylor, the mayor of North Ogden, Utah, was killed in Afghanistan this weekend, just a few months away from finishing his tour. He will not be forgotten by at least one Afghan man who served with him.
Elon Musk tweeted a video of his Boring Company's 2-mile tunnel underneath Los Angeles. It's part of his plan to combat traffic with high-speed, underground public transportation.
If there is one foreign policy objective to which Donald Trump is unalterably committed, it is bringing the Iranian theocracy to its knees -- or at least thwarting its nuclear ambitions.
Twelve people have been confirmed dead after severe flooding in Sicily, Italy, on Sunday, bringing the nationwide death toll from a week of extreme weather to 29.
Saudis unhappy with the Washington Post's coverage of the killing of its journalist Jamal Khashoggi are taking aim at Jeff Bezos' business interests in the Middle East.
A sea of protesters gathers outside the former US embassy in Iran. Hardline supporters of Iran's government, bused into the center of Tehran for the yearly rally, are marching past wall-sized graffiti of a skull-faced Statue of Liberty while chanting "down with the USA."
US sanctions have failed so far to shut down Iranian oil exports, and some countries are reportedly close to being granted exemptions to allow them to continue buying from Tehran without fear of punishment.