A wealthy Swiss town will pay $300,000 to avoid resettling 10 refugees and press freedom takes a hit at the United Nations.
15 years after a UN treaty aimed to prevent overfishing of tuna and other migratory fish species, their populations keep declining.
Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is trimming its factory workforce by more than half and doubling down on robot labor. And China says it plans to deploy nuclear weapons-armed submarines to the Pacific.
President Obama will visit Hiroshima this week, and anti-nuclear groups are using the occasion to criticize his decision to modernize the American nuclear weapons arsenal.
175 nations gather in Turkey for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, and Austria nearly elects a gun-toting, anti-Muslim, anti-migrant president.
NATO member states pledge to continue the Resolute Support Mission through 2016.
Israeli Defense Chief Moshe Ya'alon resigns, citing differences with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bayer plans to acquire Monsanto and the Seychelles nixes a discriminatory colonial-era law.
Queen Elizabeth unveils David Cameron's legislative agenda at the start of a new parliamentary session.
The World Health Organization says 18 European countries face a moderate risk of encountering the Zika virus in the coming months, and the Turkish border town of Kilis gets a respite from Islamic State shelling.
President Nicolás Maduro is poised to crack down on opposition protesters who are calling for a recall referendum.
The incoming president of the Philippines calls for death by hanging, and Canadian radio broadcasters call on mobile phone carriers to let users access FM broadcasts for free.
Brazil's interim president appoints an all-male cabinet and a new UN economic report urges developed countries to tax and spend the world back to robust growth.
By ending outdated policies and treating Latin American leaders with respect, Biden said America's standing in the Western Hemisphere has never been better.
Kenya sends the U.N. into panic mode by announcing its planned closure of the world's largest refugee camp.
EU parliamentarians say a refugee deal with Turkey is failing and Russia offers its citizens a chance to start a new life in the remote Far East.
Several top officials said Thursday that the EU must address border security and social injustice in order to confront Euroskepticism and mobilize collective thinking
David Cameron is making the case to stay in the EU ahead of a June referendum, and he used parliamentary testimony Wednesday to tout the EU's benefits, while stressing EU business doesn't eat up his time
Citizen investigators link the downing of MH17 with a Buk missile system owned by the Russian military, and the European Commission unveils a new quota system for distributing refugees between 28 countries.
Secretary of John Kerry is lobbying his Russian counterpart to persuade the Assad government to revitalize a collapsing February ceasefire agreement.