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The U.S. and Iran have had fraught relations since the 1950s. Today we'll talk about the decades of conflict, including the recent killing of Qassem Soleimani.

The president is promising to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.

Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

The outbreak of wildfires in Australia has reached a tipping point. Thousands of residents were evacuated this week, as bush fires reached the suburban fringes of Sydney.

U.S. forces assassinated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike early Friday near the Baghdad International Airport.

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The rector says experts must first remove scaffolding that was on the cathedral before the fire, because the scaffolding is threatening the vaults.

Every Christmas Eve at exactly 3 p.m., the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England plays A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

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A Princeton University scholar who was freed from Iran this month after three years in captivity said Monday that his release “is a victory of humanity and diplomacy."

Taxes and bans on single use plastics try to combat plastics in the oceans.

The global climate talks in Madrid ended on Sunday – two days after its scheduled closing, and with little to show for the marathon session.

One Salvadoran family’s migration to the United States over the past year illustrates the profound effect policy changes in the U.S., Mexico and Central America are having.

Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities from the region say their family members continue to be arbitrarily detained in camps and prisons.

The prisoner exchange was a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.