An estimated 73 percent of the population in affected areas say that they will have access to food for less than two months.

The suffering in Gaza remains widespread despite the easing of the Israeli blockade in 2010, say U.N. and church officials.

Indiana's educational scholarship program was passed by the state legislature in the spring.

Havana’s Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church to mediate on their behalf with Cuba’s President Raul Castro to counter rising political harassment.

The Vatican forcefully denied undermining efforts by Irish bishops to protect children from sexual abuse.

Zhang Qingli, the Communist Party official who was in charge of Tibet during the crackdown on Buddhist protesters in 2008, is now the new party chief in Hebei.