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GENEVA (AP) - A United Nations panel of rights experts reminded North Korea that it was not exempt from observing human rights and admonished the reclusive country for snubbing the committee for 14 years.

Recent conferences, books, blogs, and articles have me wondering whether “evangelical” still means what it used to mean.

No American can rest with an easy conscience while this nation is known for sending out officials whose motto is “wheels up, rings off.”

Today in the United States we are celebrating a priceless gift. It’s a gift that many of us received when we were born, that some are receiving for the first time, and a gift that tragically, some will never experience.

Ask most any Christian what directives Jesus left His followers, and most likely you will receive the textbook answer:the Great Commandment--to love God and fellow man; and the Great Commission--to make disciples. However, ask about the Cultural...

In the Olympics -- and often in life -- it’s not always about a pristine performance. Sometimes it’s about picking yourself up after a painful defeat, or moving forward in spite of an initial failure.

An early morning shooting at DC's Navy Yard has left at least 12 people dead, according to D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray. At least three people are in critical condition, and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier says officials have found "multiple...

Aid organizations, churches and individuals are at work in West, Texas, this week as the small town of only 2,500 people begins the long road to recovery. The community is mourning the loss of 14 lives in last Wednesday's explosion while more than...

In July, the pope's remarks on gays captured headlines around the world. Speaking at a news conference aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis told reporters, "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Now,...

What began as an outbreak of protests over the redevelopment of Istanbul's Gezi Park has rapidly escalated into widespread anger at what protesters view as the Turkish government's overly conservative and authoritarian agenda.

Lopez Lomong, the Team USA runner competing in London's Summer Olympics, was one of Sudan's "lost boys," a former child soldier who spent 10 years of his life in a refugee camp.

In spite of Iran's poor human rights record, I continue to be shocked by new levels of callous disregard for human rights exhibited by the Iranian government.

In Egypt, violent clashes between forces of Egypt's interim government and supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi have resulted in the deaths of more than 500 people.

Amid the carnage of missing limbs and blood-spattered sidewalks, numerous heroes like Dr. Shah emerged, bandaging the wounded, comforting the traumatized, bringing hope into a situation of abject horror.

Aid organizations across the country have mobilized to provide a response in the wake of Monday's deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - A quarter of the women working in hundreds of nightclubs throughout Bosnia are suspected victims of a flourishing illegal sex trade, U.N. officials said.

The United Kingdom's All-Party Parliamentary Group alleges in a new report that the North Korean regime has engaged in religious persecution, modern-day slavery, murder, torture and the abuse of women.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's military has applauded a new international human rights report focusing on abuses by leftist guerrillas, calling it a vindication of the charges they have been making for years.