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Although still taboo in many places, casting aside your clothes at the shore has become a customary practice around the world in recent times.

Russia may have significantly modernized a nuclear weapons storage bunker in Kaliningrad, a sensitive exclave of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and the Baltics, as tensions between Russia and the West continue to rise, according to a new report.

Pope Francis compared having an abortion to avoid birth defects to the Nazi era idea of trying to create a pure race.

Akiko Urasaki knows what it's like to grow up with the specter of war.

As onlookers lauded reports of Taliban fighters and Afghan government security forces shaking hands and embracing during an unprecedented ceasefire to mark Eid, a deadly bombing in eastern Afghanistan marred celebrations Saturday.

Like many new dads, Sabastion Sparks knew parenting would come with serious challenges.

A historic summit. A game-changing deal. And an animal that won the Internet. What do you remember from the week that was?

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with a senior North Korean official in Moscow on Thursday and invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia.

When Rob Scheer was 12 years old, he ended up in foster care after a childhood filled with violence and abuse.

Travel logs written by famed physicist and anti-racism campaigner Albert Einstein reveal that the scientist held some racist and xenophobic views.

A rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean Sea since Sunday is on its way to Spain, where the government has agreed to accept the 630 people on board.