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U.S. prepares for North Korea's return of American war remains

North Korea agreed to send home U.S. war remains during the June 12 summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

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Millions of U.S. tax dollars on Afghan road to nowhere

The U.S. has spent more money reconstructing Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Europe after World War II.

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

Memories of the occupation during Soviet times are still fresh in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.

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North, South Korea agree to reunions for families split by war

An emotional cross-border meeting beckons for 200 Koreans separated by decades of conflict.

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Airbus threatens to abandon Britain, cut thousands of jobs over Brexit

U.K. workers make the wings for Airbus planes that are later assembled in Germany and France, but that could soon end.

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Iraq to recount 11 million ballots by hand amid fraud claims

The recount would get the country "70, 80, 90 percent" of the way to having an untainted result, according to one lawyer.

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Trump jabbed first, and now world hits back in trade fight

The European Union is set to slap tariffs on $3.4 billion in American products on Friday, from whiskey and motorcycles to peanuts and cranberries.

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An island nation in the Mediterranean Sea is running dry

Countries in the eastern Mediterranean are increasingly vulnerable to drought as the changing climate brings higher temperatures and less precipitation.

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Legal marijuana will roll out differently in Canada than in U.S.

It's up to the provinces and territories to determine how to handle distribution, and they're taking a variety of approaches.

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Euroviews. Beyoncé's powerful new music video eloquently subverts white spaces | View

We can't all afford to rent out the Louvre but we can all engage in civil disobedience, regardless of scale.

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Euroviews. Ending child separation doesn't relieve Trump of responsibility for it | View

The policy was the result of the complete immorality plaguing the Trump administration and the United States.

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

"We want to live a dignified life but we are losing hope," one demonstrator who was shot by Israeli troops told NBC News.

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New Zealand's leader gives birth — and begins 6 weeks of maternity leave

The last elected leader to have a baby while holding office was the late Benazir Bhutto, who was prime minister of Pakistan when she gave birth in 1990.

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Iranian women attend first World Cup screening in nearly 40 years

Iranian women flock to a Tehran sports stadium to watch a screening of a World Cup match between Iran and Spain. Iran lost, but that didn't seem to matter.

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Central America's violence, turmoil keeps driving families to U.S. border

"If my country would be OK ... I would not try to cross," said a mother from El Salvador hoping to cross the U.S. border with her 7-year-old son.

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British royal family to celebrate its 1st same-sex wedding

One of the grooms is the queen's third cousin once removed, and the great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria.

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Gaza militants fire rockets, Israel responds with airstrikes

The impoverished seaside strip has been controlled by the militant group for more than a decade.

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Canada's Senate passes marijuana bill but legalization delayed

Canada would be the second country in the world to make pot legal nationwide.

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'It's a fact': Merkel calls out Trump over climate change stance

"We know climate change isn't a matter of faith," said Merkel. "It's a fact."

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What is Boko Haram, the militant group terrorizing Nigeria?

The ISIS-linked sect has been involved in around 30,000 killings over the past decade.