Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki of drought-afflicted Marsabit, Kenya, said his diocese has been struggling with the “deadly effects of global warming for years now.”

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the United States would work to see that Haiti's indebtedness was forgiven.

A new report says the United States must broaden its view of the role of religion in other countries beyond counterterrorism strategies.

Homelessness appears to be making a comeback, but not in the urban and rural communities where it persisted in past decades.

Metals found in such everyday electronic items as mobile phones are helping to fund a bloody conflict in Congo.

Mexico has been involved in a crackdown on narcotics trafficking cartels that have been fighting turf wars over smuggling routes into the U.S.