National flags were lowered across Azerbaijan, traffic across the country stopped at noon, and signals were sounded from ships and trains as the country observed a nationwide moment of silence.

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

President-elect Trump has revived calls for the United States to buy Greenland and complains of high fees at the Panama Canal ...

Fentanyl is an urgent U.S. drug threat. People from port staff to IRS agents are tracing how the synthetic opioid gets into ...

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to ...

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.

Despite the secular trappings of an imported holiday, the Chinese have devised a type of giving that captures the Christmas ...

As Syrians seek to recover from decades of a brutal dictatorship, they want to learn what happened to missing loved ones. For ...

Homeowner light displays draw California crowds – and create Christmas traditions that brighten dark December nights.

Congress has pushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.

Recent dramatizations about the British Post Office scandal are making it seem that entertainment is a better way to relay ...

The Oct. 8 fire at a market in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, highlights the fragility of life for those toiling on the margins ...