During the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in public school, modern science clashed with religion. Its effects helped ...

The nation’s first “trial of the century” was not just a conflict between science and religion.

More than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others are still missing while search and rescue efforts were ...

Russia launched 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial assault since the war began. Hours ...

The Buddhist leader’s decision to arrange a successor for Tibetans outside Beijing’s control only shows the power of faith these days among the Chinese.

Villagers in south Lebanon, hit last year by Israeli strikes on Hezbollah, find new meaning in the observance of the Shia ...

Will U.S. bombs deter Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, or persuade it that only a nuclear weapon will deter more U.S.

A police constable is coaching a team of 16 young cricketers who hope to eventually wear India’s national jersey.

Israel’s military success in Iran has spurred hopes that the Jewish state might take more daring steps toward peace in Gaza.

If Parisians think they’re sweaty, one can only imagine sitting in the Pennsylvania State House hammering out the American Declaration of Independence in 1776 wearing wigs and waistcoats. There the ...

Peter Ford is The Christian Science Monitor’s International News editor, based in Paris. Prior to his current posting, Peter was the Monitor's global affairs correspondent, based in Paris. And ...

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