Earlier this month, a U.S. congressional committee heard Melvin Bledsoe share the story of his son's conversion ("brainwashing," he called it) to Isla...

Peacekeepers and observers may produce fairer elections in Haiti -- but education is the first step towards democracy.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama calls Dharamsala home. It isn't the "rooftop of the world" that Tibet is. But, you could've fooled me.

We found a group of Haitians rebuilding their country in a sustainable, scalable model through decentralization. Unfortunately, foreign aid tends to overlook this in favour of short-term, surface relief.

At mid-morning on Election Day, Iman sat cross-legged outside her tent in a refugee camp in Hinche, Haiti, hunched over a bowl of beans. When asked if she would vote, she chuckled, rolled her eyes and continued opening the pods with her fingers.

Angeleno wears rubber boots, thick gloves and a blue medical gown as he piles rubbish under the hot, Haitian sun. Beads of sweat appear around his f...

The G20 Summit is like a traveling circus without the laughs. It comes in with a lot of bells and whistles. The performers demonstrate feats of (pol...

A hole in the wall and the anger behind the fist that punched it can symbolize hope. Canada should be thinking about that when it comes to Omar Khadr.

There's nothing better than a happy ending. Last month, the world got one. You could almost feel the global sigh of relief when Luis Urzua, the last...

Seven years ago this month, Liberia saw the end of 14 years of civil war. But, as the fog of war lifted, it revealed a country with no schools and no jobs.

It's unfair for any kid to have to live up to their parents. It's especially so when you're a Khadr.

Henry Benson got off a plane in his native Liberia to a country resembling nothing of what he left.

Last month a new study detailed attitudes of Pakistanis in Kashmir towards Americans. In the areas most hard-hit by the earthquake, more than 60 per cent people said they trust Europeans and Americans.

Sahr Banga used to go to a school with walls made of dung. The community mothers would re-smear them every few months. When the weather warmed to scorching temperatures, they dried, cracked and crumbled.

Earlier this month, 100 Canadian youth volunteers brought the precious gift of water to six villages in Kenya's Maasai Mara. They stood alongside community members as the water distribution system opened.

The Israel-Palestine conflict draws interest everywhere because resolving would ultimately mean greater security for the world.

It's shocking that students can see that flood victims don't have time for posturing while world governments make them wait.

The delta is the third-largest wetland in the world. Farmland and fishing should be a source of income for 31 million inhabitants. However, the oil-saturated water has destroyed most crops and fish stock.

The international community can deliver its aid commitments without Jean's solicitation. That way, whoever becomes president can stop acting as a collection agent and start helping Haiti help itself.

It's not just the absence of the incessant vuvuzela casting an eerie silence across South Africa. Instead it's the fading buzz of planes carrying about 300,000 tourists home.

For most kids in the developing world, sporting equipment is a luxury they cannot afford. The indestructible soccer ball represents durability, longevity, possibility and hope.

For Jordan Blum and Amanda Smock, the plan for their seven-month backpacking trip was to say they were from California. The San Francisco couple in ...

Mariela is down to just one goat. Three months ago, the grandmother in her seventies had four of the creatures living in her simple home in Haiti's ...