Perhaps in response to social unrest, executions in Iran have spiked this year, with more than 320 tallied by the end of June.
Nobel Peace Price-winner Wangari Maatthai, founder of the Greenbelt Movement, which planted more than 30 million trees in Kenya, died on Sept. 25.
Deb Word finds shelter for homeless gay and lesbian teens who have been shunned by their own parents.
The heads of the Christian churches in Jerusalem, including the Latin patriarch, Fouad Twal, reiterated their sense that “a two-state solution serves the cause of peace and justice."
A delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders hope that their visit to Iran will improve relations between the two squabbling countries.