10/26/2015 6:35 pm ET New York wants to be at the forefront of efforts to reform harsh prison sentences, but the killing of NYPD officer Randolph Holder last week could make that harder. 

10/26/2015 4:09 pm ET The idea that more flexible work arrangements are best for workers and companies is starting to see some pushback, amid concerns that work is bending further and further into an employee’s personal time. 

10/26/2015 3:32 pm ET Quds News Network's mix of breaking news and lots of video appeals to a generation of Palestinians inspired by the idea of a new uprising against Israel.

10/26/2015 2:27 pm ET The self-declared nation of 3.5 million is trying to build a functioning state, beyond the chaos of Somalia. But many jobless youths have joined the migration to Europe, despite the severe risks.

10/26/2015 9:41 am ET At a time when immigration issues are divisive, New York’s Mexican community is struggling. But wealthy Mexican immigrants are rising to be a part of the solution and, in the process, overcoming old stereotypes.

10/26/2015 2:16 pm ET Between 2010 and 2015, an average of 0.08 percent of the world’s forests was lost each year, down from 0.18 percent each year in the 1990s, according to a report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Forest Resources Assessment.

10/25/2015 12:01 pm ET Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector in the world. Some see it as the best hope to feed an increasingly over-populated planet.

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10/23/2015 12:37 pm ET For decades, many of Canada's Aboriginals have viewed voting in federal elections as something foreign. But that changed this year, as a newly galvanized community made their voices heard.

10/25/2015 8:00 am ET President Kirchner has presided over a slowing economy and a rocky relationship with foreign creditors. But her party's candidate for president is in the lead ahead of Sunday's poll. 

10/25/2015 7:30 am ET Ireland's economy is showing growth, but those born on the Emerald Isle still leave in greater numbers than they return to it.

10/24/2015 3:47 pm ET Jordan and Israel have agreed to install additional security cameras near holy sites at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, as a 'first step' to decreasing a month of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the city. 

10/23/2015 4:53 pm ET Although many Americans favor robust gun rights, an ongoing demographic shift could over time tip the balance toward greater support for gun safety legislation, some experts say.