President Donald Trump plans to request a $54-billion budget increase in defense spending. That sounds like a lot, but it's not as big an increase as the White House portrays it to be.

"I think I was the only living thing walking there, with my bicycle. ... I've never felt as miserable as that day."

People living near the Polygon, the old Soviet Union's biggest nuclear testing ground, are still suffering from diseases tied to high radiation levels.

Growing up, Father Khalil Jaar had to flee his home. Now he's taking in Iraqi refugees forced to leave theirs.

Thaer al-Tahli was an activist in Homs, Syria, threatened by the regime. He was selected for possible resettlement in the US. But after three years and many hours of interviews, he's decided to withdraw his application.

Do you have to be a vegetarian non-smoker to be successful as a Syrian refugee in Canada? Jim Estill says yes.

A program for gifted 10th-graders teaches them coding, encryption and how to defend a computer network against hacking. Many of the students will end up in Israel's equivalent of the NSA.

Why some who gain asylum abroad choose to return to the dangers of home.

Amid worsening violence in South Sudan, one of the world's fastest growing refugee crises is getting even worse.

The Trump Administration says will honor the 'dumb deal' President Obama made with Australia to resettle its offshore detainees. Could this mean a new home for Iranian cartoonist Eaten Fish?