The Washington Humane Society got some help from a familiar figure this year, as the Christmas holidays approached. The Humane Society is the only open-access animal shelter in the Nation's Capital, and cares for nearly 30,000 animals a year. It rece...

Christmas is a festive time, especially for children. Families gather to celebrate the holidays with delicious meals and wrapped gifts. But for children whose families have no home of their own, Christmas can be a sad time. To put a smile on homeless...

Some 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma and discrimination continue to take a toll. For example, in South Africa, some young, HIV positive mothers can find themselves homeless and shunned by their families. But there is a place where they ca...

Images of Belarus police clubbing presidential candidates have drawn condemnation from around the world. What does the future hold for Alexander Lukashenko? Western observers called his election to a fourth term on Sunday fraudulent. The Obama admini...

In U.S. politics, both sides in the ongoing domestic policy debates are taking a break over the Christmas holiday, following an unexpectedly productive final session of the outgoing Congress. When they return in January they will face the new politic...

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday urged a 50 percent increase in the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution requesting the African Union to maintain its peacekeeping force in...

Congress has passed sweeping legislation aimed at making the U.S. food supply safer. The bill gives the government broad new powers to inspect processing plants, order recalls and impose stricter standards for imported foods. And, rather than having...

Ivory Coast's U.N.-endorsed presidential-election winner Alassane Ouattara has rejected calls by incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo for an international review of the country's political crisis, following last month's disputed election. In what was h...