China said on Aug. 5 it would offer free pre-school education from the autumn, as the world's second most populous nation ...

A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Aug. 5, killing at least four ...

Gena Heraty was among several people -- including a three-year-old child -- taken in the early hours of Aug. 3 after gunmen ...

The Myanmar military junta has imprisoned thousands of people to crush resistance forces since the military coup in 2021. A ...

The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities' streets ...

Indian Jesuit Father Richard D’Souza, the new director of the Vatican Observatory, says he will continue the tradition of ...

Religious and political voices often condemn them, but our shared faith traditions urge mercy, inclusion, and justice ...

Tribal communities and social activists have opposed a government plan for expanding tourism by developing infrastructure in ...

International aid agencies are urgently appealing for extra funds to help the hundreds of thousands of people, especially ...

The Aug 6, 1945 atomic bombing shows what we can be. The transfiguration of Jesus and this feast show us how we should be ...

Groups urge nuclear disarmament, historical reflection as country prepares to mark 80 years since atomic bombings ...