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The acclaimed Syrian clarinetist has performed all over the world, but recently played before a different type of international audience: refugee children at a summer camp in New Jersey.

Thousands of survivors of the earthquakes that devastated Turkey in the spring are still displaced and struggling to rebuild, despite the president's promise of rapid reconstruction.

Colombia's capital is home to 11 million people — and to some of the worst traffic jams in the world. Now Chinese companies are building its first metro line.

An Israeli reservist, on a brief home leave during the temporary ceasefire, tells personal stories from his two weeks stationed inside Gaza.

The two leading Palestinian factions recently agreed to end a feud and work together. But in the Gaza Strip, the wounds have not healed from a nasty bout of infighting in 2007.

Nine people were injured, including two young children and their mother, after a shooter opened fire at a splash pad in a Detroit suburb where families gathered to escape the summer heat Saturday.

Set during a uniquely stressful summer for one Nantucket family, Gabriella Burnham's second novel highlights the strong bonds between a mom and her daughters.

The earthquake was centered 10 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 people.

In the first week of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, residents from northern towns in Israel are trying to restart their lives.

A lull in winds over the weekend allowed firefighters to make some progress, but they're expected to pick up again. Fire danger remains extreme until at least Wednesday.