Sitting atop the second largest uranium reserves in the world, Kazakhstan has not followed in the former Soviet Union's footsteps toward military power. Instead, it is at the forefront of the global movement for a world free of nuclear weapons.
Together, white and African-American descendants use the plantation location of their families' painful past to learn from it and create healing friendships.
The mountaintop Chinese temples of Red Clouds Golden Summit have been a destination for Buddhists and tourists in search of peace and inspiration.
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to the World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organization that feeds the hungry.
US Central Command credited their decision to withdraw to its confidence in Iraqi military forces to maintain their position against ISIS.
After 30 years of religious rule, Sudan's government has agreed to place a division between Islam and the state so the nation can be secular.
After Chris Buckley found compassion among Blacks and Muslims he once despised, he left the Ku Klux Klan to join the anti-hate nonprofit Parents 4 Peace.
After their peaceful protest, Killeen Texas residents Reshard Hicks and Jonathan Hildner organized 75 people to defend the mall from potential looting.
The Detroit Mayor lauded 16-year-old Stefan Perez who led a peaceful protest in the city making sure everyone obeyed curfew and stayed safe.
The Artemis Accords, which have already been supported by several global space agencies, build upon the same values of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.
Since violent crime has fallen by 75% amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, a recent hunger project uniting 2 South African gangs is being hailed as a "miracle".
Every night for the past three weeks, the 14,700-foot mountain in Zermatt has been illuminated with a different national flag to show global unity.
The largest interfaith gathering was held in Utah where world religions discussed peace, extremism, and the environment - and also fed the poor.
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.
Globally deaths from terrorism fell for the 5th consecutive year in 2019-a 15 percent annual decrease and 59% decline since 2014.
On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons gets 50th signature to pass.
Belgium has recenlty melted down more than 22,000 firearms into recycled steel.
Russia and France are working on plans for bringing Syria's chemical weapons under international control, after the idea emerged as a way to address the threat of chemical attacks in the country and potentially avoid U.S military strikes. U.S. President Barack Obama has called the Russian plan to put Syria's stockpile under international control a potential breakthrough and stressed that he overwhelmingly prefers diplomacy in deterring Syria's use of chemical weapons. Meanwhile, the Syrian Foreign Minister endorsed the Russian plan, saying it would be a way to avoid what he called U.S. aggression.
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