Search results for

Holding torturers to account requires evidence, the kind that doctors are learning to compile from countries at war, like Syria. But there are many challenges.

Western states like Colorado are balancing competing demands for waterways. When different groups find themselves at odds, how can water resources be divided fairly?

A far-right Austrian presidential candidate was narrowly defeated after an election that focused on the European migrant crisis.

A judge in Baltimore has found police Officer Edward Nero not guilty of multiple misdemeanor charges relating to the arrest of Freddie Gray, who died after sustaining injuries while in police custody.

In Casting Lots, the rabbi and mother of five explains how Judaism helped her come to terms with her anxiety. She says she and her sister, comic Sarah Silverman, are "two sides of the same coin."

In the last four years, there's been a 12-point increase in the percent of Asian-Americans who identify as Democrat, according to a new poll. What does that mean for the presidential election?

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, author of a book examining the drive toward standardized quality measures and checklists, says he fears medicine is becoming just another job and not the calling it should be.

As his time in office winds down, President Obama has sought to jettison vestiges of the Cold War and reach out to old rivals, from Vietnam to Cuba and beyond.

But it's one thing to make a pledge. Will the participants in the first U.N. World Humanitarian Summit deliver?

Brazilian immigrant Roberta Siao says being both a foreigner and mother made it hard to find work in London. At Mazi Mas, a restaurant that trains and employs immigrants, she found more than a job.