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Jerry Parkes graduated from Wharton and decided to return to his homeland to put his business acumen to use in the agricultural field.

Following a ballistic missile test by Iran on Sunday, the speaker of the House said he would be in favor of additional sanctions, as did the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces drove the militants out of the city eight months ago, but residents say hardly any efforts are in place to rebuild homes after airstrikes and explosions toppled them.

Community-based charities are at the front lines of the flood response in South Asia. But global charities get almost all the attention — and money.

Two out of three women in Papua New Guinea are abused by intimate partners, according to aid groups and the World Health Organization. Volunteers called "human rights defenders" have helped hundreds.

An advocate against female genital mutilation/cutting explains: "I wanted to break the sense of powerlessness that persists generation after generation."

"The idea that North Korea is an information black hole is simply not true anymore," says reporter James Pearson. There's a brisk black-market trade in illicit media on USB sticks and micro SD cards.

The NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed to temporarily suspend enforcement of new rules requiring players to stand during the national anthem while discussions on the policy continue.

Crucial international talks are underway in an effort to rev up the stalled Syrian peace negotiations. Here's what you need to know.

Author Glenn Frankel says the 1952 film High Noon was inspired by the toxic political climate of the time. "People ... felt they want to get their country back," Frankel says.