It is a sad reality of conflict that women, who are so often barred from the decisions involved in going to war, are usually victimized the most. Threatened with atrocities like mass rape and sexual exploitation, women are often left at the mercy of heavily armed and angry men, ready to harm them...

World Harmony run, an initiative from the late philosopher and athlete Sri Chinmoy, celebrated its 25th anniversary today with a ceremony in New York.

A sense of exasperation was palpable in the warnings and recommendations dispensed by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on Wednesday, as he both reminded the Security Council of the threat to global security that current uncertainty in Arab-Israeli relations pose,...

One of the poorest slums in one of the poorest cities on Earth, Port au Prince’s Cite Soliel, or Sun City, is so isolated from the rest of the city that it took aid workers two weeks to get to it after Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake in 2010. The 400,000 inhabitants of the...

Let's begin with the good news: Over 50,000 homes will be built in 28 cities throughout India as part of the Government's integrated housing scheme, and these are reportedly separate from those being constructed under the central project known as Indira Awas Yojana.

London's iconic Big Ben clock will ring consecutively for three minutes to kick off the Olympic Games on Friday, July 27. The historic ring is set to chime 42 times between 8:12am and 8:15 a.m. on tomorrow, as tens of thousands of visitors, athletes, and officials gather in London to celebrate in...

To clueless passers-by, there seems to be nothing special about the soccer tournament going on around the two small makeshift fields in Lower Manhattan. But this is the Street Soccer USA Cup, and all the players on the field are homeless, or have been in the past year.

July 18, the day that human rights champion and former South African President Nelson Mandela turned 94, was also recognized the world over as Nelson Mandela International Day. Designed to inspire individuals to change the world for the better, Mandela Day calls upon all the world’s people to...

Making roofs white can offset the warming effect of two years' worth of global carbon dioxide emissions reveals a study released by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, that's the equivalent of offsetting the emissions from cars across the globe for 20 years, says the study.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold an enormous potential for developing countries. By bringing patients in touch with their doctors, farmers in touch with their markets, and governments in touch with their people, ICTs remove inefficiencies from economies and allow businesses...

The face of Kenya is transforming as smooth asphalt highways and towering overpasses spring up across the country. The changes form a part of the Kenyan government’s elaborate and progressive development plan, Vision 2030. The plan, instituted by the government of H.E. President MwaiKibakion June...