In a refugee camp in Mauritania, displaced Malians describe fleeing both Islamist insurgents and their own military ...

As we come to see that God’s plan for His children is to express His limitless goodness, we find a brighter path ahead of us.

Eyeing the abundance of minerals under the frozen soil of this Arctic territory, the U.S. is threatening a forcible takeover.

Central American authoritarian governments have earned public support with their crackdowns on crime. Democracy has suffered ...

Immigration is a federal responsibility, yet opposition to federal enforcement has been rising in some states and cities. Now ...

A harsh crackdown is under way in Iran as leaders see a current wave of antigovernment protests as a threat to the regime.

Nicaragua’s government has been carrying out an ongoing crackdown since mass social protests in 2018 that were violently ...

Tehran warned demonstrators could face death-penalty charges, while President Donald Trump said the U.S. “stands ready to ...

The Supreme Court is considering whether states can ban transgender women athletes from competing on school sports teams for ...

Episodes of force projection, in different forms, were the big attention-getters in the news this week. Sarah Matusek continues to report from Minneapolis after feeding yesterday’s Monitor story on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from dozens of global organizations – many focused on climate issues and human rights – ...