Christian Science Monitor

Since February 2024, the salon has held dozens of free performances. The weekly shows go on despite the risks.

Israelis closed businesses, universities, and streets in a massive outpouring of rage and opposition to plans to expand the war against Hamas in Gaza. How much this pressures the government is still uncertain.

Accompanying Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a business-like gathering with President Donald Trump, seven European leaders showcased a united front that made Europe a party that henceforth can’t be easily ignored on the Ukraine issue.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser is walking a political tightrope as she navigates President Donald Trump’s effort to use troops to stamp out crime in the U.S. capital.

Since the fall of Kabul in August 2021, tens of thousands of Afghans have arrived in the United States. As the Trump administration tightens immigration policies, some Afghans are questioning whether their status in the U.S. is secure.

This French region is not as sleepy or unpeopled as it appears on postcards.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are visiting the White House in hopes of a peace deal. As power in the region shifts, the U.S. could be key.

Mykolaiv, a port in Ukraine, was a major naval shipyard since the Russian Empire. Russian control of a narrow sandbar nearby has silenced the docks.

A chance encounter on a Florida beach opened my eyes to societal definitions, and misconceptions, of beauty.

In 1975, Bruce Springsteen was about to be dropped by his record label. But the album “Born to Run” changed everything – for him and for rock.