Crowds of foreign tourists make Florence, Italy, hard to visit. The city government would like to replace some of them with ...

Mark Twain gave us inimitable characters such as Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. He was no less creative in styling himself as ...

The Republic of Georgia’s government has grand plans to restore this onetime spa town to its days of splendor.

The willingness to yield to divine Love lifts us into healing, as a man experienced after being stung by wasps.

It’s unlikely the U.S. and China can erase the tension in their geopolitical rivalry. But they can manage it. The current ...

Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels reached a ceasefire with the United States. But analysts say they are already in rebuilding ...

Centrist politicians must govern their way out of difficulties as they confront far-right rivals, acknowledging voter anger ...

In more countries, women are driving motorbikes, breaking social restrictions while helping other women find safe rides. They ...

Sacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in ...

On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.

Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, turns 10 in June. More ...

National security officials are using commercial apps over secure communications systems that feel burdensome. New apps offer ...