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After decades of covering conflict in Israel and Gaza, our columnist finds hints of something unexpected: hope.

One year after Oct. 7, on-the-ground reporting in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel finds lives of Palestinians and Israelis forever altered.

Memorial events paying tribute to victims of Oct. 7 attacks took place in Paris and London. People took to the streets from Pakistan to Morocco in massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

A Colorado county courthouse has stepped up security after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to prison in a data breach scheme tied to denial of 2020 election results.

At a time when many people default to demonizing those who believe differently than they do, U.S. interfaith groups are working to acknowledge shared humanity and ask, What can we learn from one another?

Donald Trump and others have spread claims suggesting officials are withholding assistance from Republican storm victims. And that's forcing public officials, including members of Mr. Trump's own party, to set the record straight.

“Joker” broke box-office records in 2019 and raised questions about violence in storytelling. Five years later, with the debut of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the Monitor’s film critic and chief culture writer consider, Will it succeed?

A British survey measures youthful joy in verse, establishing a basis for happiness that lasts a lifetime.

The film, with more than 70 million views on Netflix, takes its cues from “Rambo” – and police reform.

The Trump and Harris campaigns both feature low taxes for average Americans. The similarities largely end there.

Bangladeshis don’t see solace in spaces less crowded than their bustling capital’s historic district. They see emptiness.

As the world faces more extreme weather, what should preparing for education in the aftermath of a natural disaster look like?

A $12 million legislative package of reparations for slavery’s effects is an incremental first step by California, and considered a national model.

Project 2025 is mentioned often on the campaign trail and is viewed negatively by a majority of U.S. voters. We help decode what’s in the conservative planning document.

Is a judge unsealing the 165-page brief from special counsel Jack Smith a politically timed move? It comes in the final weeks of an election campaign, but the case itself has been going on for months.

Israel and Iran may be on the brink of war, but past experiences of Mideast conflicts show that they rarely go as planned. Could that act as a brake?

As colleges and universities move toward institutional neutrality policies in the wake of the war in Gaza, a new title is heading many prestigious schools: acting president.

Progress roundup: For a greener future, schools in France teach bike riding, Melbourne batteries store renewables, South Africa enacts a climate law.

Supreme Court justices are set to grapple with cases involving transgender rights, “ghost guns,” and fallout from the court’s decisions to weaken federal agencies. And then there’s the election.

The need to establish deterrence has always risked cycles of escalation. As Israel and Iran trade blows, their competing views of the same events are sending tremors through the Middle East.

Ewa Łętowska helped Poland create its democracy. Even though the nation is backsliding, she has helped keep it a democracy – one Facebook post at a time.

Close to the Russian border, a Ukrainian couple are keeping the local newspaper alive despite shelling, providing a lifeline for the local community.