(CNN)It's easy to ignore the homeless encampment near your neighborhood, the pollution clogging the local beach or the faraway children who don't have resources to play a sport they love. Solving those problems might

(CNN)For Dr. Ricardo Pun-Chong, being a physician isn't just about treating patients -- it's about how you care for their families.As a doctor undergoing his medical training in Lima, Peru, Pun-Chong treated many children

ADEN: They lurk under shifting desert sands, amid the debris of urban roadsides and inside abandoned schools, some set to go off at the lightest touch.Land mines scattered by Yemen’s Houthi militia are largely

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament speaker said there are parties that do not want a new government, a newspaper reported on Monday, highlighting the obstacles that have derailed its formation after an agreement had seemed close.More

ARBIN, Syria: With Christmas approaching, Nabil Al-Aash dusts off religious books as he attempts to tidy up the war-scarred Saint George Church in the town of Arbin, northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus.Retaken in

Fans at a football match in Sudan's capital chanted slogans demanding President Omar al-Bashir step down and later clashed with police in the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman. Video clips posted online show the fans

A Pakistani anti-corruption court has jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for seven years on corruption charges. The court found on Monday the three-time prime minister was unable to prove the source of income

Fifty years ago, during the Christmas week, three American astronauts flew around the moon. The mission is considered to be NASA's boldest and perhaps most dangerous ever. That first voyage set the stage for

A deepening political crisis in Nicaragua has prompted President Daniel Ortega to crack down on his critics. He has expelled international monitors who had been documenting his government's alleged crimes that have killed more

Gaza Strip - For yet another year, Gaza's tiny Orthodox Christian minority will not be able to celebrate Christmas with a visit to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. With the ongoing Israeli siege