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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 many citizens to action.

A new plan that integrates more than 800,000 refugees sees them as contributors, not burdens, to society.

In an online world filled with vitriol, Holocaust survivor and grandfather Gidon Lev continues to be a social media influencer who tries to teach where hate can lead, with a mix of stories, dancing, and humor.

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 thought.

Under a process known as circular migration, workers secure an H-2A visa to come for a few months to the United States.

A potential for renewed war in Tigray state was averted after two former foes – the prime minister and a Tigrayan general – helped rebalance a peace deal that ended the deadly 2020-2022 war.

Peru received $135 million in USAID funding in 2024. Substantial contributions were for areas ranging from democratic governance to minority rights.

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?

A federal case out of Rhode Island could set a precedent in governments’ power over private developments. Can eminent domain be used to halt development in the name of public good?

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.

The death of Pope Francis and an award for the Orthodox church leader bring praise for the holy men’s promotion of a spiritual dimension to climate issues.

The oldest university in the United States is now leading a charge to protect not just research but also the First Amendment, with other colleges and universities lining up behind it.

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

To be a small farmer is to embrace uncertainty – even in a state like Massachusetts with lots of farmers markets and community support. But this year’s U.S. Agriculture Department cuts are imperiling a way of life even for the hardy.

The selloff of U.S. assets continued as President Trump stepped up threats for Fed Chair Powell to drop interest rates to spur the economy or lose his job.

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

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 greater task than they bargained for.

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

On Saturday, the court told the administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.”

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official after a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.

The Trump administration is ignoring court orders to bring back a Maryland man sent in error to a Salvadoran prison. Courts’ ability to enforce the orders is being directly tested.

By welcoming Syria’s new leader – a former Al Qaeda terrorist – Iraq shows a generosity born of its own violent past to lift a neighbor emerging from conflict.