Syria: Watching air strikes and listening for bombs in Damascus
Syria's terrible civil war has finally arrived with full force in the capital city.
Mexico: Mayans unmoved by 2012 ‘Armageddon’ hysteria
Mostly Christian, Mayans have looked on in wonder at the influx of foreign tourists to ancient cities in southern Mexico…
USA: Tales of heroism emerge from Sandy Hook tragedy
Stories of students and teachers displaying courage amid the gunfire are found when sifting through the ashes of the Sandy…
Israel: Digital Dead Sea Scrolls now online
Thousands of fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls made the leap from musty clay pots in the Qumran caves to…
Canada: Mayan apocalypse? One Canadian will live to tell the tale
If next week's end of the Mayan calendar really does happen to mark the end of the world, one of…
USA: Ministering after Connecticut school tragedy
Crisis-trained Billy Graham chaplains are providing a "ministry of presence" after the Connecticut mass school shooting.
Australia: Bright way to convert greenhouse gas to biofuel
Israel’s NewCO2Fuel poised to help Australia make its brown coal-burning industry into a greener enterprise.