Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Newly married Tala Soboh, 14, poses for a photograph with her 15-year-old husband Ahmed two days after their marriage in the town of Beit Lahiya, near the border between Israel and the northern Gaza ...

Reduced donor financing may exacerbate Sub-Saharan Africa's economic problems, which might worsen humanitarian conditions, especially in the region's poorest nations, according to a World Bank ...

The rich world can no longer reassure itself that poor countries will avoid the worst of the COVID-19 crisis by virtue of their isolation. The pandemic is now hitting these countries especially hard, ...