Christian Science Monitor

A garbage-dump-turned-park in Lagos is providing room for children to roam free and play.

California’s congressional redistricting plan goes to voters Nov. 4. It aims to cancel out Texas’ effort to gain Republican seats in the U.S. House.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has sacrificed for his art, having been sentenced to prison and house arrest. His latest movie, “It Was Just an Accident,” examines significant questions, including if there are limits to forgiveness – or mercy.

After 40 years of spontaneous conversations, I cut the cord on my landline – and bade goodbye to an era of close connections.

Without congressional approval, the Trump administration is building up military forces in the Caribbean, mainly in Puerto Rico, suggesting a land operation might follow.

Under President Donald Trump, the Justice Department appears to be breaking norms for prosecutorial conduct through its indictments of perceived foes. Yet it may be the states that will help reset the norms of justice.

For the first time since Bolivia elected an Indigenous leader to office in 2005, the party he founded did not make it to the ballot. But in many ways, it shows how far Indigenous rights have come in 20 years.

The new French government has survived two parliamentary votes of no confidence, but the battle for approval of next year’s budget has only just begun.

Israel has launched a new wave of strikes into Gaza and said that aid to the territory will be halted following an alleged Hamas ceasefire violation. Hamas denied responsibility.

With tourists already inside, police say thieves entered a museum window, smashed display cases, and fled with nine pieces from Napoleon’s jewel collection, all in seven minutes.