The outside temperature was minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit. The school district does close first through fifth grades if the temperature gets below minus 61.
The mayor of Paris wants to rid the capital of all gas and diesel cars by the year 2030. But critics doubt the idea is feasible or even a good anti-pollution strategy.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is due to close at the end of the year. The tribunal's supporters say it has given justice to many victims. Critics say that justice has been both slow and one-sided.
Though a quarter of the country is below sea level, the Netherlands has kept itself dry with ingenious water management. A recent innovation: an artificial sand peninsula that keeps the sea at bay.
Many foreign ISIS families are in the process of being moved to Baghdad as Iraq works to persuade countries like Russia and Turkey, to take back foreign wives and children of ISIS fighters.
The German Foreign Ministry is trying to negotiate the return of German children who ended up with ISIS through no fault of their own. Some of the children were taken to Iraq and Syria by their German parents, while others were born there.
Pope Francis is wading into the controversial Rohingya crisis with his upcoming trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among those he will visit is Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been heavily criticized for not denouncing Myanmar's military crackdown on the Muslim minority.
Russia's president has had a flurry of meetings with leaders from the Middle East and beyond. Critics say he's trying to exploit what the Kremlin sees as inattention from the Trump administration.