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A father in Aleppo describes how he tries to explain the Syrian civil war to his children, including those who have known nothing but conflict.

Usain Bolt proved unbeatable once again as he claimed victory in the men's 200-meters final with a time of 19.78 seconds in Rio Thursday.

Star Olympian Ryan Lochte has stuck by his story that he and three other American swimmers were mugged at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro last weekend. As far as Brazilian police are concerned, Lochte is lying.

In 2011, more than 3 million people lived in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Then the bombs came. Here are ways you can help.

The US used a plane filled with $400 million in cash intended for Iran as "leverage" to ensure that American prisoners were released by Tehran, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.

Germany could become the next European country to ban face veils under a proposal announced on Friday by officials in the ruling coalition.

Burqas and the swimwear equivalent, burkinis are under more scrutiny in Europe this summer. Germany has announced plans to ban full-face veils in some circumstances, while in a small number of French towns burkinis were banned on beaches.

A popular visa that offers a path to U.S. citizenship is temporarily closed to Chinese and Indian nationals.

The Fox News housecleaning continues.

The main US ally fighting ISIS in Syria was bombed by Syrian warplanes for the first time Thursday while US military advisers were "nearby," a US defense official told CNN.

As CNN's Ivan Watson reports, new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug offensive is producing results, but also facing criticism.

A law proposal making phrases like "Polish labor camps," "Polish extermination camps" and "Polish death camps" punishable by imprisonment for up to three years has been approved by Poland's Cabinet.

With goat-leather leggings and a brown bear fur hat, the 5,300-year-old mummy must have strutted the Alps with an eclectic style.

Here's one kid who'll probably learn to fly before she can crawl.

North Korea may send agents after a top diplomat who defected to South Korea recently, a defection expert told CNN.

The Viacom board met Thursday evening to approve a settlement that will change the face of the company.

The Philippines' fiery new president triggered a war of words that has shocked many Filipinos after he publicly accused a female senator of being an "immoral woman."

She's just 15 and already a world champion -- but Ren Qian had a new shiny Olympic gold medal to show off Thursday.

For the first time, the United Nations has acknowledged its own involvement in a devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 that killed at least 10,000 people.

Many times war is boiled down to daily stories of how many people were killed, how many were wounded, what places were bombed.