Benetton's spring and summer catalog is a brilliant photo essay documenting real-life Palestinians and Israelis getting along together in friendship, and even love- historical enemies working, living and playing together.
Palestinians are reliant on Israel for income and water. Murad the farmer has challenged this standard of living with his sustainable form of agriculture.
The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs has been taken apart in Texas -- a Cold War relic known as the B53.
Iran has halted its most disputed nuclear activity under a ground-breaking deal with six world powers, a confidential U.N. atomic agency report obtained by Reuters showed, paving the way for the easing of some Western sanctions against Tehran.
14 years after the Irish Peace Accord ended decades of violence and established self-rule for Northern Ireland, the new data demonstrates that two-thirds of citizens there feel happier in their lives than ever before.
Starting today, Microsoft's Technology for Good program are donating Office 365 to nonprofits worldwide regardless of the organization's size. The offer is available in 41 countries today, and will be rolled out to 49 more by July 2014.
The Czech Republic plans to donate $200,000 to help the Texas town of West recover from a devastating fertilizer plant explosion. The government decided to provide the aid in solidarity because a significant number of people in the town of 2,700 have Czech roots.
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Exploratory drilling in Haiti has uncovered gold and silver deep inside the country's northeastern mountains, potentially worth $20 billion, that may help relive centuries of poverty in the Caribbean nation.
For the first time in 130 years, a new pole will be erected in the Gwaii Haanas area, detailing the history of the region and commemorating two landmark agreements that led to the creation of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and the Haida Heritage Site.
Three days after promising to match donations for four humanitarian relief groups, the tech giant helped raise over ten million dollars.
Galvanized by anger over the killing of the popular American ambassador here last week, thousands of Libyans marched through this city on Friday, demanding the disarming of the militias that have refused to disband since overthrowing the country's dictator, Col. Gadaffi.
Europe's Jews face rising anti-Semitism in some countries, but multiculturalism is far from dead. Today, more than 1,000 Muslims formed a human shield around Oslo's synagogue, offering protection and solidarity with Jews following a violent attack in Copenhagen last weekend.
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A Sunday ceremony marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
Almost 800 people came together in Islamabad yesterday to release floating lanterns into the night sky in front of Parliament to spread a message of peace for the country and the world. In these trying times we need to do everything within our capability to create a positive image for our country."
Large wooden tables and long benches are located strategically under shady trees on either side of a bubbling brook. Clusters of friends and family relax and enjoy each other's company in the natural surroundings. What sets Ein Prat – or Wadi Kelt, as it is known in Arabic – apart from other parks is that it is one of the few Israeli-run sites that Israelis and Palestinians can access equally, which has made it an oasis for peace.
A vaccine developed by scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada is now available in enough doses to launch the first ever human safety trial of an ebola vaccine.
Scientists around the world are moving swiftly to bring a multitude of promising drugs to human clinical trials. In fact, there are so many drugs in testing right now, it is hard to keep track. Here are some of the progress from Canada, the US and China.
Unemployed, in debt and facing another year living on the streets in Hungary, László Andraschek spent his last remaining coins on a lottery ticket. Now the formerly homeless man is one of Hungary's biggest lottery winners, with a prize of about $2.8 million, and the 55-year-old plans to use his winnings to establish a foundation for addicts.
A Saharan tribesman was offered one million euros to drive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the Libyan border, where he would escape into exile. Instead, the villager drove the dictator's brutal son into a trap and now is being feted as a hero.
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