My mother shopped for Christmas gifts all year long. By the time I was 8 or 9, I’d given up on the quaint idea of writing a wish list. “I’ve…

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 16 to December 22.…

“During the terrorist assault on my people in southern Sudan, in which millions of black Africans were slaughtered and enslaved by jihadists, only one nation—the Jewish State of Israel—helped us,…

PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing boat soon after it emerged into view amid the vastness of the Andaman Sea. Crowded on…

The former vice president found hope in the possibility that humans have the tools to repair the planet. “We can do this,” he told host Jake Tapper, “if we just…

Sosthene Munyemana is sixth person to be tried and convicted in France over involvement in slaughter of Tutsi minority Former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana has been jailed for 24 years…

The State Investigation and Protection Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina, SIPA, arrested seven people on Friday suspected of committing or participating in the 1995 genocide in eastern Bosnia.  According to…

Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With a sprig of leaves and rainwater carried from her island in the Philippines, Grace Talawag delivered a prayer and a blessing for her…

Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost two decades ago, according to a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Friday. The landmark verdict marks a monumental…