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Bahar says he fled to Iraq a couple of years ago, after facing harassment in Iran. As he's awaited approval to travel to the U.S., he says he's also faced threats in Iraq.

It was supposed to be the third victory for populism, after Brexit and Donald Trump, but Geert Wilders' relatively poor showing in the Netherlands general election has created a speed bump in what some hoped would be a populist momentum.

After another major coral bleaching event, a new study has concluded that securing a future for coral reefs "ultimately requires urgent and rapid action to reduce global warming."

Lawmakers granted the Whanganui River the rights of legal representation on Wednesday. The vote caps over a century of struggle by the local Maori people, who see the waterway as a sacred ancestor.

After protesters blockaded a Kiev courthouse, the head of Ukraine's tax authority is now in pre-trial detention in a $75 million embezzlement scheme. Activists are celebrating his arrest as the biggest victory against corruption in Ukrainian history.

The U.S. conducted hundreds of atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962 — and filmed them. A project to digitize those films has changed the analysis of the nuclear explosions themselves.

The Fader had a terrific profile of the Minnesota House's first Somali-American Muslim member, Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is standing firm against the so-called Muslim ban.

Judge Neil Gorsuch has said deferring to agencies is an abdication of judicial responsibility. He is expected to be grilled on this at Monday's confirmation hearings.

A rainy winter has brought an early spring to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California. Wildflowers are in bloom. How can seeds survive years of drought and then put on such a display?

Advocates on both sides of the aisle say the GOP health care bill will be bad for Texas because it will lead to more people without coverage and punish the state because it did not expand Medicaid.