From Mexico to Madagascar and from France to the Philippines, people around the globe are celebrating World Environment Day 2012.
In the wake of two Nigerian airline crashes this weekend, it may seem that the country's aviation industry is in a dangerous tailspin. But the broader trends make a different case.
The 1,500-mile-long Reef, off the coast of Queensland, was placed on UNESCO?s World Heritage List in 1981.
He asserted, there is no need for the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to visit the country and monitor its weapons programs.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said two weeks ago he expected a framework co-operation deal to be signed with Iran when he returned to Vienna from a rare trip to Tehran.
The recent discoveries of gas in the eastern Mediterranean creates a whole new energy paradigm for two nations -- Cyprus and Israel -- which formerly were believed to possess no natural resources at all. Their subsequent alliance has further upset the geopolitical balance in the Near East.
The ad in question, which features a photo of a Catholic priest being shot and killed, asks readers, Will Obama and the Democrats Shoot Catholics and Christians?
Newly elected French President Francois Hollande on Friday called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down to prevent continuing violence. No solution to this crisis is possible without the departure of Bashar al-Assad, Hollande said.
Gunfire broke out between NATO troops and Serbian anti-separatists in Kosovo Friday, resulting in several injuries but no fatalities.
The United Nations Human Rights Commission officially condemned last week's Houla massacre in Syria.
A new report from the World Bank reveals a pattern of aid mismanagement in Somalia. In 2009 and 2010, approximately $130 million in funds delivered to the transitional government seem to have disappeared into thin air.
Those who order, help or fail to stop attacks on civilians are individually criminally liable for their actions, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said in Geneva.
In 2011, this tiny nation of only 8-million people recorded 86 murders per 100,000 inhabitants (the highest rate on the planet), up from 82 in the prior year, and double the rate from just six years ago
The Prenatal Nondiscrimination' bill would have imposed criminal penalties on doctors accused of performing abortions solely due to the fetus's gender.
Ending six years of terror is clearly in Somalia's best interest, especially as the transitional government's mandate nears its end, but scattering the rebels could realize Washington's fear that al Shabab will move deeper into Africa.
After a long period of instability and conflict, we now have ahead of us an opportunity for genuine peace and security, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday.
The question is whether, in light of growing human rights problems from China and Russia to the Middle East and North Africa, the United States is doing enough to factor human rights into its foreign policy.
With hopes of changing Moscow's stance on Damascus, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Russia's relationship with Syria is bringing the country toward civil war.
This Friday marks the debut of the controversial documentary U.N. ME. The film investigates the hidden practices of the United Nations and argues that the 60-year-old organization isn't living up to its principles.
Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen said in Washington on Wednesday that he will travel to Moscow in the very near future.
The Middle East situation is purely theoretical to the other nations on our planet, but not to Israeli Jews.
Only two of the 35 wealthiest countries have rates of relative childhood poverty above 20 percent. The United States shares the dubious honor with a former Communist dictatorship
