"Little Amal's" giant mission to soften European hearts to refugees
Can an 11-foot-tall Syrian refugee girl's 5,000-mile journey make people see refugees as fellow human beings? "It's our duty to try."
Can an 11-foot-tall Syrian refugee girl's 5,000-mile journey make people see refugees as fellow human beings? "It's our duty to try."
Ammar Haj's family are just surviving as refugees in Jordan, but with child labor, sexual violence and suicide attempts rising - and hope fading - they're may be the lucky ones.
Whether they fled a lifetime ago, or just 8 years, some refugees say they'll never give up hope of returning home.
Since December, 900,000 civilians have been forced to flee Syrian and Russian bombs in the northwest. Most are women and children.
A military offensive in northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in the country's long-running war.
A program at one of the world's largest refugee camps helps displaced Syrians struggling with mental health and well-being.
Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab's Oscar-nominated documentary is a moving account of life during the five-year siege of Aleppo, Syria.
A study released in February said that over 300 chemical attacks have taken place during Syria's ongoing civil war. Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, joinS CBSN to discuss the effect of chemical warfare in the war-torn nation.
CBS News foreign correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti traveled to cities like Homs and Palmyra in Syria -- and explains why residents there haven't been able to return to a state of normalcy.
The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the worst in the world, with more than 6 million people internally displaced. Chatham House's Allaa Barri joins CBSN to discuss where refugees are going, and the dire need for humanitarian aid in the country.
"We are a country that was built on refugees and immigrants," actor and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador says. "They should not to be demonized."
About half a million Syrians have been killed in the country's civil war and more have been injured. Caroline Hawley from our partners at the BBC spoke with some of the children who have been impacted by the brutal fighting.
With few civilians left, ISIS fighters face inevitable defeat
"Children are dying from hypothermia as their families flee to safety," said Elizabeth Hoff, WHO representative in Syria.
Hundreds of clergy volunteered to keep the service going for months, using an obscure law to shield an Armenian family from deportation
Influential German news weekly Der Spiegel said Sunday it would file a criminal complaint against a disgraced reporter
Though migration rates have declined since 2015, Syrian refugees are slow to return to their country and homes. Mona Yacoubian of the U.S. Institute of Peace joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the plight of the Syrian people for CBSN Originals: Out Of Aleppo.
The European migrant crisis peaked in 2015, but migration rates have since declined drastically. But there's still public anxiety in countries like Germany as refugees flee their countries and relocate. Demetrios Papademetriou, president emeritus and co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute, joins Tanya Rivero with more for CBSN Originals: Out Of Aleppo.
An estimated 13 million people have been displaced since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011. The ongoing conflict continues to fuel the country's refugee crisis. Jamine El-Gamal, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a former Syria adviser for the Pentagon, joins Tanya Rivero to discuss more for CBSN Originals: Out Of Aleppo.
Report by United Nations agency finds exploitation of displaced Syrians continues 3 years after charities were warned
Simple homesickness, harsh weather and discrimination lead some to risk it all, all over again
Cyprus, Greece and Jordan pledge to fight terrorism, but say they and others need more help hosting thousands of displaced Syrians
People on front line of U.S. efforts to ease refugee crisis say confusion over Trump's policy is slowing things down, and the future is even more uncertain
Migrant deaths have risen to record levels along the Libya-Italy smuggling route across the Mediterranean Sea
Nearly 7 out of 10 Canadians support their government's acceptance of Syrian refugees. One such Good Samaritan is Jim Estill, a prominent Canadian entrepreneur and businessman. Haunted by pictures of Syrian cities reduced to rubble and Syrian people dying as they tried to escape, Estill has put up CAN$1.5 million to resettle 58 Syrian families in a small university city west of Toronto. "My thought is, what can I do to help?" Estill told correspondent Martha Teichner. "You don't want to grow old and say you stood by and did nothing. And it's the right thing to do."
Pope Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See's pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it.
The Duke of Sussex will attend the thanksgiving service for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games Foundation in London on May 8.
Nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen is set to resume its aid work in Gaza, weeks after seven aid workers were killed.
The hostages seen on the video were identified as Omri Miran and Keith Siegel by the campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer Um Fahad who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad.
Hamas says it received the cease-fire proposal from Israel after a high-level Egyptian delegation wrapped up a visit to Israel.
A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall in March.
Russia has launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine directed at energy facilities.
The father of one now faces the potential of a mandatory minimum prison sentence of up to 12 years.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addressed on social media the backlash she received after details of her soon-to-be-released book were revealed.
Pope Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See's pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it.
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell join Margaret Brennan.
The Duke of Sussex will attend the thanksgiving service for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games Foundation in London on May 8.
2024 marks the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Louisville's Churchill Downs, the longest continuously-held sporting event in America.
The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company on Friday evening, just before the expiration of the previous contract.
Intimacy coordination is a relatively new and growing field with movie and television productions required to make a good-faith effort to hire one if needed on set.
Under the new law signed this week, ByteDance has nine to 12 months to sell the platform to an American owner, or TikTok faces being banned in the U.S.
The income needed to join your state's top earners can vary considerably, from a low of $329,620 annually in West Virginia to $719,253 in Washington D.C.
About 7 in 10 retirees stop working before they turned 65. For many of them, it was for reasons beyond their control.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addressed on social media the backlash she received after details of her soon-to-be-released book were revealed.
Campus protesters are "looking for some sort of acknowledgement from our leadership," Democratic Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania said.
Hanna Siegel's uncle, U.S.-Israeli citizen Keith Siegel, was one of the hostages seen in a Hamas propaganda video Saturday.
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell join Margaret Brennan.
The following is a transcript of an interview with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell that aired on April 28, 2024.
Around 1 in 5 retail milk samples had tested positive for the bird flu virus, but further tests show it was not infectious.
The White House had been due to decide on the menthol cigarette rule in March.
The discovery of drug-resistant bacteria in two dogs prompted a probe by the CDC and New Jersey health authorities.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
Are you using your smartwatch to the fullest? Here are 4 metrics doctors say can be useful to track beyond your daily step count.
Pope Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See's pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it.
The Duke of Sussex will attend the thanksgiving service for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games Foundation in London on May 8.
Nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen is set to resume its aid work in Gaza, weeks after seven aid workers were killed.
The hostages seen on the video were identified as Omri Miran and Keith Siegel by the campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer Um Fahad who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad.
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who recently left us, including keyboardist Mike Pinder, of The Moody Blues.
She made a name for herself as an Oscar-nominated actress in "Almost Famous." But music has always been in her blood, and now Kate Hudson is making a name for herself as a singer-songwriter, with her debut album, "Glorious."
Kate Hudson made a name for herself as an Oscar-nominated actress in "Almost Famous." But music has always been in her blood, and now Hudson is making a name for herself as a singer-songwriter. She talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about her debut album, "Glorious," filled with her songs about life and love, and reveals the one song that truly rips her heart out.
He's been painting for more than 50 years, but artist Stanley Whitney – whose bold, colorful canvases offer vibrant hues and deliberately ferocious brushstrokes – is just now getting his first major retrospective (including many works never before exhibited publicly), at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, N.Y. Correspondent Alina Cho talks with Whitney about the breakthrough that came during his artistic journey.
This month's fiction and non-fiction titles include the follow-up from Amor Towles, author of the international sensation, "A Gentleman in Moscow."
NYU Langone Health and Meta have developed a new type of MRI that dramatically reduces the time needed to complete scans through artificial intelligence. CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
The Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt net neutrality regulations, a reversal from the policy adopted during former President Donald Trump's administration. Christopher Sprigman, a professor at the New York University School of Law, joins CBS News with more on the vote.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Are you using your smartwatch to the fullest? Here are 4 metrics doctors say can be useful to track beyond your daily step count.
Local and federal authorities face challenges in investigating and prosecuting romance scammers because the scammers are often based overseas. Jim Axelrod explains.
Bats have often been called scary and spooky but experts say they play an important role in our daily lives. CBS News' Danya Bacchus explains why the mammals are so vital to our ecosystem and the threats they're facing.
Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose work has spurred official action on the Flint water crisis, told CBS News that it's stunning that "we continue to use the bodies of our kids as detectors of environmental contamination." She discusses ways to support victims of the water crisis, the ongoing work of replacing the city's pipes and more in this extended interview.
Ten years ago, a water crisis began when Flint, Michigan, switched to the Flint River for its municipal water supply. The more corrosive water was not treated properly, allowing lead from pipes to leach into many homes. CBS News correspondent Ash-har Quraishi spoke with residents about what the past decade has been like.
According to the University of California, Davis, residential energy use is responsible for 20% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. However, one company is helping residential buildings reduce their impact and putting carbon to use. CBS News' Bradley Blackburn shows how the process works.
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear a "noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar." CBS News' John Dickerson has details.
After a traditional autopsy, a coroner ruled Kristen Trickle died by suicide. But prosecutors in Kansas questioned if she could have fired the large-caliber revolver that killed her and ordered an autopsy of her mind.
Viktoria Nasyrova attempted to murder a woman with cheesecake. As one private investigator would find out, she had a list of alleged victims — including her ex-boyfriend's dog.
Angel Gabriel Cuz-Choc was found hiding in a wooded area after his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter were found dead in Florida.
Dramatic bodycam footage shows the moment Florida deputies and K-9 dogs close in on a double murder suspect hiding in a thickly wooded area.
A new "48 Hours" investigation is looking into the death of a Kansas woman after she was found dying from a gunshot wound in 2019. The coroner initially ruled Kristen Trickle's death a suicide, but the local prosecutor said evidence on the scene didn't add up. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has the story.
Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams say they have complete confidence in the Starliner despite questions about Boeing's safety culture.
In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.
The creepy patterns were observed by the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
The Shenzhou 18 crew will replace three taikonauts aboard the Chinese space station who are wrapping up a six-month stay.
In November 2023, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped sending "readable science and engineering data."
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
When Tiffiney Crawford was found dead inside her van, authorities believed she might have taken her own life. But could she shoot herself twice in the head with her non-dominant hand?
We look back at the life and career of the longtime host of "Sunday Morning," and "one of the most enduring and most endearing" people in broadcasting.
Cayley Mandadi's mother and stepfather go to extreme lengths to prove her death was no accident.
Summer Lee, a Democrat from Pennsylvania who last week won a primary from a centrist challenger, tells "Face the Nation" that she recently visited pro-Palestinian protesters at a Pittsburgh campus, but "we don't" hear from these students if they are excited to vote for President Biden in November. But, she says, what she has mainly heard from protesters is that "they want to see a ceasefire in Gaza."
UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell tells "Face the Nation" that she recently visited the Israeli-occupied West Bank and saw firsthand the devastation from the uptick violence, while she also met with the Israeli families of those held hostage by Hamas. "I came back feeling like, there's just so much pain and misery everywhere you look," she said.
Amid protests at college campuses nationwide, University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, who is also the founding director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, tells "Face the Nation" that "there are so many reasons" university leaders should take "calming steps" now.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are running even in a new CBS News poll of battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "Face the Nation" to discuss.
Israel's war on Hamas has a new frontline — campus protests and free speech battles at colleges in the U.S. Mark Strassmann reports.