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Pope Francis heralded migrant rights, rang alarms over climate change, and served as a bridge toward peace on several continents. He spurred...

In an online world filled with vitriol, Holocaust survivor and grandfather Gidon Lev continues to be a social media influencer who tries to...

Donald Trump boasted he could get a Ukraine peace deal in a day. The conflicts there and in Gaza are proving harder nuts to crack than he’d...

The European Union is the largest single market in the world, yet it is seeing only sluggish economic growth. Why isn’t the EU competitive?

This year, a rebel army called M23 has captured large sections of eastern Congo, exposing women there to a familiar weapon of war: rape. 

As immigrants increasingly fill its pews in Spain, the Catholic Church is advocating more inclusive policies to the broader Spanish public.

Progress roundup: Dallas airport captures jet exhaust for electricity, Finland innovates with heating methods, plus rights rulings in Japan...

As a Ukrainian chaplain ministered to front-line troops on Easter Sunday, he highlighted their hopes and fears as they fight against Russian...

The U.S. says it doesn’t want migrants and refugees. But “third countries” like Panama that have agreed to accept them have taken on a great...

Though she lives half a world away in Japan, Marie Louise Kambenga is the driving force behind a school in her homeland of Rwanda.

Iraqi territory has often been a proxy field for others’ battles. But as Turkey talks with the Kurds, and the U.S. engages Iran, Iraqi leade...

The concept of “face,” key to social relations in China, will play a large part in helping or hindering Washington in its trade dispute with...

In Myanmar, rebel forces, led by ethnic minorities, are capturing more territory and wearing the military junta down. How long will they tak...

Europe will need to negotiate tariffs with President Donald Trump. But is the best way to do that through one-on-one talks or by bargaining...

To maximize the impact of tariffs, Washington wants to ensure China cannot trade more with other countries. But Beijing is a tempting trade...

The turmoil around President Donald Trump’s tariffs caused investors to flee U.S. Treasury bonds – which didn’t happen even in recent econom...

The Trump administration promises to resettle South Africa’s white Afrikaner community as refugees in the U.S. Many in South Africa wonder w...

The U.S.-China trade war could be decided by leaders’ differing styles. Mr. Trump acts on impulse, Mr. Xi prefers the pursuit of strategic g...

In Somalia, amputee soccer is giving young people with disabilities a new lease on life. 

The Behbud Association teaches women to sew and embroider so that they can lift themselves out of extreme poverty.

Progress roundup: Small dams across the U.S. are being removed for safety, water quality, and wildlife. And a desert in Chile yields water f...

Ecuadorians are unhappy with nationwide security and economic crises – and yet, they reelected President Daniel Noboa.

CO2 levels spiked in La Palma, Spain, after the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption. But a novel network of CO2 detectors is helping keep locals safe...

Sudan’s emergency response rooms are a vital lifeline to communities devastated by the country’s civil war. Now, USAID cuts threaten their f...

After over a decade of civil war, and several months since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, small investments by Syrian families signa...