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Pakistani troops take part in joint military drills with Russia

Denis Abramov / Getty Images File

Global Power

Nuclear-armed Pakistan pivots toward Putin as U.S. ties fray

Families torn apart by Korean War are reunited after decades

World

Families torn apart by Korean War are reunited after decades

Pope Francis issues letter condemning abuse and cover-up

News

Pope Francis issues letter condemning abuse and cover-up

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie

Christinne Muschi / Reuters

Global Power

Scandals don't sink Japan's leader as he eyes his place in the history books

Image: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Mohammad Ismail / Reuters file

Global Power

The Afghan Taliban's response to cease-fire offer: A mass kidnapping

Ocean pollution creates tides of trash on beaches around the world

Nightly News

Ocean pollution creates tides of trash on beaches around the world

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World

1 dead, others hurt after U.S. helicopter crashes in Iraq

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Julia Lindemalm / for NBC News

Global Power

A far-right party may be about to topple a century of Swedish socialism

Image: A bullet mark is seen outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey

Burhan Ozbilici / AP

Global Power

Shots fired at U.S. Embassy in Turkey

Image: Vladimir Putin

Roland Schlager / AFP - Getty Images

Global Power

Putin dances at Austrian minister's wedding, setting off alarm bells across Europe

Image: The Greeting Pine is thought to be more than 1,000 years old

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China

China's most famous tree is in danger of being 'loved to death'

Image: Mesut Ozil plays for Germany

David Ramos / Getty Images

Global Power

When is a German not a German? Identity re-emerges as a thorny issue

Image: Pope Francis

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Pope Francis

Pope apologizes for sex abuse scandal with 'sorrow and shame'

/ Updated Aug.20.2018 / 12:21 PM ET

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Jose More / VWPics via AP Images file

World

Cruise ship passenger falls overboard, is rescued after 10 hours

/ Updated Aug.19.2018 / 9:09 PM ET

Image: Sweden wildfire

TT News Agency via Reuters

U.S. news

Scientists bolder in blaming global warming for extreme weather

/ Updated Aug.19.2018 / 8:27 PM ET

Image: Taliban conflicts Ghazni

Sayed Mustafa / EPA file

World

Afghan president announces Muslim Eid holiday ceasefire with Taliban

/ Updated Aug.19.2018 / 6:11 PM ET

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World

Worst floods in a century leave hundreds dead, scores displaced in India's Kerala

/ Updated Aug.19.2018 / 10:30 AM ET

Image: 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia

USGS / HANDOUT / EPA

World

Strong quake triggers landslides on Indonesian island where hundreds died earlier this month

/ Updated Aug.19.2018 / 8:27 AM ET

Image: Police forensics officers work around a silver Ford Fiesta car that was driven into a barrier at the Houses of Parliament

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World

Man held in car-ram incident in London charged with attempted murder

/ Updated Aug.18.2018 / 10:24 PM ET

The 19th Guardian of the Pine: a famous Chinese tree and its bodyguard

NBC News

The 19th Guardian of the Pine: a famous Chinese tree and its bodyguard

Image: Aisha, Hiba and Amneh

Global Power

Residents of Syria's last rebel enclave turn to God ahead of feared regime onslaught

U.S.-Turkey tensions escalate as American pastor remains under house arrest

Nightly News

U.S.-Turkey tensions escalate as American pastor remains under house arrest

Erik Prince

Jacquelyn Martin / AP file

Global Power

Trump eyes Erik Prince plan to privatize U.S. war in Afghanistan

Behind the smile: The descendants of the real Mona Lisa

NBC News

Behind the smile: The descendants of the real Mona Lisa

Image: Marjan Sarec

Borut Zivulovic / Reuters

World

Comedian gets new role: prime minister of Slovenia

Hundreds dead in Indian state’s worst monsoon in decades

Asia

Hundreds dead in Indian state’s worst monsoon in decades

Drone video captures scale of Italian bridge collapse

Europe

Drone video captures scale of Italian bridge collapse

Image: A badger

Russell Cheyne / Reuters file

World

Animals suffer in Europe's summer of extreme heat

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World

Hungry Iranians struggle — even before sanctions bite

Image: Boys play in a fountain near the Eiffel Tower

Thibault Camus / AP file

World

How climate change might reshape your dream European vacation

Image: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

Global Power

Saudi Arabia's explosion at a Canadian tweet shows how rules have changed

Image: Mona Lisa at the Louvre

Pedro Fiuza / NurPhoto / Getty Images file

Culture Matters

Muses for 'Mona Lisa' and 'Venus' inspire descendants centuries later

Image: Pearl diving festival in Kuwait

Noufal Ibrahim / EPA file

World

Searing heat could make North Africa, Arab Gulf countries unlivable

Image: Ri Yong Ho and Hassan Rouhani

Iranian Presidency Office via AP

Global Power

N. Korea's top diplomat visits Iran hours after Trump sanctions kick in

Image: A construction site in Egypt's new administrative capital

Khaled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images file

Global Power

Move over Cairo: Egypt builds a new capital city

Journey To Antarctica: Photographer Sails To The Bottom Of The Earth In Three Week Expedition

Massimo Rumi / Barcroft Media via Getty Images

Environment

How hauling icebergs could help sustain the world's thirstiest regions

Image: Taliban ceasefire

Noorullah Shirzada / AFP - Getty Images file

Global Power

Taliban 2.0: Militants talk peace with U.S., but past can't be erased

Image: Federica Mogherini

Stephanie LeCocq / EPA file

Global Power

European companies are caught in the middle of Trump vs. Iran

Meet the many descendants of Renaissance master Caravaggio

NBC News

Meet the many descendants of Renaissance master Caravaggio

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Daro Sulakauri / for NBC News

Global Power

Putin-backed troops quietly move a border on the fringes of Europe

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Annie Sakkab / for NBC News

Global Power

Civil war destroyed their homes. These refugees are learning how to rebuild them.

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World

Extreme heat wave shrinks Sweden's tallest peak by 13 feet in a month

After 500 years, a clue to who inspired Botticelli's ‘Birth of Venus’

NBC News

After 500 years, a clue to who inspired Botticelli's ‘Birth of Venus’

Image: Zubair Nazeri

Vladimir Banic / for NBC News

Global Power

Sedated babies, code words: Inside Europe's people-smuggling networks

Image: Pakistan trees

Farooq Naeem / AFP/Getty Images file

Global Power

New leader of terror-torn Pakistan plans to plant 10 billion trees

Image: Wall clocks

Brian Snyder / Reuters file

Global Power

No turning back: Europe looks at abandoning daylight saving time

Image: Mexico Airline Crash

Red Cross Durango / AP

World

'Not a miracle': How all 103 people aboard Aeroméxico jet survived fiery crash

Image: Europe drought

Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters file

Global Power

Devastating drought, heat wave hammers farmers across northern Europe

Image: Palestinian protesters

Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images file

Global Power

Why protesters put their lives on the line by approaching Gaza fence

Image: Taliban fighters

Global Power

Tea, cookies and perhaps peace: Taliban claims secret talks with U.S.

Image: Sigurimi files

Gent Shkullaku / AFP/Getty Images file

Global Power

Secret police files reopen old wounds decades after dictatorship crumbled

Image: Cyprus drought

Petros Karadjias / for NBC News

Global Power

An island nation in the Mediterranean Sea is running dry

Image: MV Aquarius

Karpov / Reuters file

Global Power

Migrant rescue ship's ordeal exposes hardening views as populism blossoms

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Christophe Simon / AFP - Getty Images

Global Power

Wives of ISIS militants file for divorce, try to start over

Iceland is for gun lovers (but nobody gets shot)

World

Iceland is for gun lovers (but nobody gets shot)

Image: Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray outside the Houses of Parliament.

Matt Dunham / AP

Global Power

What's behind the Brexit chaos, and what happens next?

Image: German military in Lithuania

Carlo Angerer / for NBC News

Global Power

Speed is everything when Putin's military is on your doorstep

Image: Nantong

AFP - Getty Images file

Trump Effect

China deploys army of farmers in tit-for-tat trade war with U.S.

Image: Abu Dis

Dusan Vranic / for NBC News

Global Power

Trump's 'deal of the century' can't escape America's past Mideast failures

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Eitan Abramovich / AFP - Getty Images file

Environment

Antarctica is melting faster than we knew. Here's what it will take to save it.

Image: Fallout shelter at Torsgatan

Mikael Sjoeberg / for NBC News

The World

Sweden has 65,000 bunkers. A 'wake-up call' from Russia means it's building more.