Authorities in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica are encouraging women to delay getting pregnant due to the spread of the mosquito-borne illness, Zika. The virus has been linked to brain damage in infants. Delaying pregnancy is a challenge for women in the region where rape is the cause of many pregnancies, and women have little access to contraception.
Despite the progress represented by the Iran nuclear deal, rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia, North Korea's nuclear tests and other conflicts mean the world is still close to catastrophe.
In 1985, the Schengen Agreement, it permits passport and visa-free travel across much of Europe, was signed. Renee Montagne talks to Mayor Ben Homan of Schengen, Luxembourg, about the migrant issue.
Hedgehogs are starting to disappear from the English countryside, threatened by cars, garbage and even fences. But now there's a campaign to save one of England's favorite animals.
A strategic town in the south of Syria long-controlled by opposition fighters has reportedly fallen to regime troops with the assistance of Russian air power.
The Shanghai Composite was down more than 6 percent, hitting the lowest level in about 14 months. Slumping oil prices and currency fears added to investors' worries.
China sends more students to the U.S. than any other country, and a growing number of them are teenagers. More than 23,000 Chinese teens attend a U.S. high school — hoping to go on to a good college.
For the fourth day in a row, protesters took to the streets of Haiti's capitol demanding the resignation of the current president. Elections were postponed this weekend, and the electoral crisis has turned into a constitutional one.