3 human traffickers sentenced to 125 years in death of Syrian boy
The lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan on a beach in Turkey was captured in a photograph that symbolized the 2015 Syrian refugee crisis.
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Syrian girl who went viral laughing at bombs makes it to safety
Salwa Mohammad's father taught her to laugh through fierce bombing around their home in Idlib, and it may have saved both their lives.
U.N. official says Syrian refugee crisis "cruel beyond belief"
Since December, 900,000 civilians have been forced to flee Syrian and Russian bombs in the northwest. Most are women and children.
Displaced Syrians are camping in freezing conditions
A military offensive in northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in the country's long-running war.
Self-help tool helps Syrians deal with the trauma of war
A program at one of the world's largest refugee camps helps displaced Syrians struggling with mental health and well-being.
At least 15 women and kids drown as Rohingya refugees' boat sinks
Aid worker says the deaths "should be a wake-up call for us all" about the desperation of thousands of refugees in Bangladesh camps.
Tech withholds data that could prove innocence
Omar Ameen is an Iraqi refugee accused of carrying out an ISIS hit in Iraq in 2014 before coming to the United States.
Millions of climate refugees may need protection, U.N. says
"The message is clear: Pacific Island states do not need to be underwater before triggering human rights obligations to protect the right to life," said Kate Schuetze of Amnesty International.
Court blocks Trump from allowing states to reject refugees
The ruling is a temporary blow to the White House's concerted efforts to dramatically overhaul the nation's refugee program, which enjoyed bipartisan support for decades.
Texas will reject new refugees under Trump executive order
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the state will reject the resettlement of new refugees.
Inside a school for Syrian refugee children fleeing bombs
Children make up the vast majority of more than 200,000 people who fled the Turkish invasion, according to the U.N.
Republican governors wrestle with whether they will accept refugees
The president's executive order is placing Republican governors in an awkward position.
Utah officials tell Trump they want to welcome more refugees
Until Trump's election Utah welcomed upwards of 1,500 refugees per year. Those numbers are down by two-thirds now.
Trump administration to impose new asylum restrictions
The proposed rule would block migrants from seeking asylum if they committed certain crimes, including using false documents and possession of a controlled substance.
U.N. says "hatred" is helping fuel the worst refugee crisis ever
Officials from the global body say a record 70 million people have been forced to flee their homes, and helping them is a job for every nation.
Model Halima Aden on her role behind the scenes of a new film
On "CBS This Morning," Aden also spoke about why her hijab is "not going away"
Sesame and the IRC join forces to help Syrian refugee children
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are teaming up on a major new effort to help young Syrian refugee children, including a new Sesame show in Arabic
Emotional coping tactics for young kids
Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee are collaborating to teach children how to handle tough emotions. The new Sesame edition is being made with refugee kids in mind
A new Sesame Street for Syrian refugee kids
The new show won't focus on numbers and letters as much as emotions like fear, anger, loneliness and caring. Lesley Stahl reports, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT
Syrian teen allegedly attacked on train in possible hate crime
A lawyer for the teen says no one intervened to help him when he was allegedly attacked by a man yelling anti-Arab slurs
Inside the last remaining boat saving refugees near Greek island
"People are desperate and they seek safety," one rescuer said
ACLU seeks damages for migrant families separated by U.S.
One of the plaintiffs is a 15-year-old migrant girl from El Salvador who contemplated suicide after being forcibly separated from her mother by U.S. officials
Judge blocks effort to indefinitely detain migrant families
Judge rejects Trump administration action that would have scrapped a landmark court agreement on the treatment of migrant children and families in custody
Trump to cut number of refugees allowed in U.S. to lowest ever
Under the new proposed ceiling for fiscal year 2020, the U.S. would admit no more than 1,500 refugees from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala
Government wants to bar doctors' statements in dispute over migrant kids
The declarations by 3 physicians accompanied dozens of testimonials from children who described "prison-like" conditions, according to their attorneys
Government shutdown continues as Smithsonian museums, National Zoo temporarily close
The government shutdown entered its 12th day on Sunday as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over a spending plan, and the Trump administration began laying off thousands of federal workers.
Vance accuses Democrats of "hostage-taking" with government shutdown posture
Democratic leaders in Congress have pushed for serious negotiations with Republican leaders and the White House to end the stalemate.
Preparations for hostage release underway in Israel
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has brought cautious calm to the region as aid begins to flow into the Gaza Strip.
Diane Keaton, star of "Annie Hall" and "Father of the Bride," dies at 79
Diane Keaton had a decades-long career with performances in 1977's "Annie Hall," the "The Godfather" films, and many more.
Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court today
The former justice who was the deciding vote on some of the Supreme Court's most consequential decisions talks about the Court today, and about his memoir, "Life, Law & Liberty."
Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago
The Defense Department announced earlier this week that about 200 National Guard soldiers from Texas and another 300 from Illinois were federalized and sent to the Chicago area.
South Carolina bar shooting kills at least 4, injures 20
The shooting at Willie's Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island left at least 20 injured, including four in critical condition, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said.
"A House of Dynamite": Battling a nuclear nightmare
The latest white-knuckle thriller by director Kathryn Bigelow imagines the responses within the government and the military when a single ICBM is launched toward the United States.
A wife is accused of her husband's murder. Can she clear her name?
Alison Davis says she woke up to find her husband, Kevin Davis, face down in a pool of blood inside their New Haven, Indiana, home. She says he fell down the stairs. But after an autopsy report, police came to a different conclusion.