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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.

Read CNN's Fast Facts on the solstice.

Breshna Musazai leaned on her brother as she climbed out of her wheelchair and up the stairs of the graduation stage at the American University of Afghanistan. With polio in one leg and injuries from a Taliban attack in the other, the climb was difficult. She heard cheers from behind her.

The search-and-rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean Sea since Sunday began its roughly 800-mile journey to Spain on Tuesday evening after transferring more than 500 rescued migrants to Italian Coast Guard and naval ships.