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Democrats and some of Donald Trump’s own former aides are calling him a fascist. Trump allies say it’s the Biden-Harris administration that has curtailed liberties.

The Israeli parliament’s ban on U.N. Relief and Works Agency operations in Israel threatens humanitarian aid to Gaza and its schools.

Lebanon is all too familiar with the heavy cost civilians bear in war. Now, as Israel pursues Hezbollah, people are dying or displaced from their homes, caught in the crossfire of a war that is not theirs.

Beyond the national divisions of the presidential race, civility and neighborly trust largely reign in local government.

In over a year of conflict between Israel and Iran’s militia allies, a key brake on a regional war has been each side’s fear of what the other could do. Does Israel’s latest strike mean that brake is failing?

In Japan, the long-ruling party’s dramatic loss in a parliamentary election underscores the public’s growing frustration with its leaders, and has plunged the country into political uncertainty.

Behind the popularity of career and technical training in education lies a stronger desire among young people to find purpose.

“Emily in Paris,” the cult Netflix series French viewers love to hate, is hinting at a move to Rome. Fans, from President Macron on down, are indignant.

Health practitioners in developing countries fear a reelected Donald Trump would cut U.S. funds, whatever their purpose, to any group promoting abortion.

Vote counting could be protracted in key states such as Pennsylvania. In a close race, it’s not surprising or suspicious if the winner isn’t known for days.

Foreign meddling in U.S. elections is on the rise. But so is awareness of that threat – and strategies to fight back.

Israel launched missile strikes against Iranian targets in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Tel Aviv earlier this month. Iran said the strikes caused only “limited damage.”

Christa Case Bryant is named the next editor of the news organization. She will be the second woman to hold the position in the Monitor’s 116-year history.

Two of baseball’s most storied teams are facing off in the World Series, uniting Americans in a historic rivalry and a joyful revival of a sport that defines the nation.

Tribal nations, which often lean blue in elections, have long pushed for an apology for the 18,000 children abducted and forced to attend abusive schools. Kamala Harris’ campaign is also leaning on the demographic, hoping to swing Arizona in her favor.

The Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced and the brothers be eligible for parole. A parole board must approve their release, and Gov. Gavin Newsom could reject the decision.

Where can one find safety in war? That has been an especially agonizing question for Palestinians in Gaza, ordered to and fro by Israel for more than a year. With death everywhere, one community after another has been reduced to rubble.

Filmmaker Spike Lee, attorney Sherrilyn Ifill, and civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton were honored with the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Award in Memphis, Tennessee.

The annual pilgrimage of the Garifuna from mainland St. Vincent to nearby Baliceaux island offers tribute and connection to their ancestors – and helps keep a unique culture alive.

Male candidates traditionally win U.S. presidential elections. But 2024’s race marks a preference – beyond gender gap – for masculinity in the nation’s leader.

Unseating Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas may be Democrats’ last, best hope for holding the Senate. But the Lone Star State has disappointed them before.

A Sudanese refugee in Uganda is using food to preserve his community’s ties to the country it fled.

Sudan’s civil war has generated one of the world’s worst displacement crises. Here’s what that’s like for one family living through it.

Biographer Max Boot charts the course of a politician who was famously affable and pragmatic, but who also resorted to racist dog whistles and played loose with facts.