The U.N. met for just the fourth time in its history to discuss a global public health crisis, resolving to increase efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance.
The U.N. General Assembly offers an unparalleled platform a to tout domestic agendas before a global audience. Several countries seized the opportunity on Wednesday.
In his final speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Obama warned that hyping global insecurity reduces faith in institutions and their ability to succeed.
U.N. member states gathered Monday to sign the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. The U.S. says it will up its refugee quota by 30% next year, including. Russia? Zip.
John Kasich pinch hits for the Obama on the TPP, the Islamic State is scaling back its visible presence in Mosul and Bruges gets a beer pipeline!
Canada changes its laws to allow approved clinics to offer medical heroin to addicts. Will the U.S. ready to join the harm reduction policy movement?
The U.S. and Israel signed a military aid deal on Wednesday that will supply the country with $38 billion over the next decade, and humanitarian aid isn't reaching Syria, despite a nationwide ceasefire.
A Syrian ceasefire has been in effect for 24 hours, and Secretary of State John Kerry is adamant that the deal's flaws still make it better than doing nothing.
The U.S. and Russia say they've reached agreement on a deal that could reduce fighting across Syria, and a war of words escalates between North and South Korea.
NASA sends a new spacecraft to rendezvous with an asteroid, John Kerry presses for a Syrian ceasefire and was Facebook right in censoring an iconic photo of the Vietnam war?
E.U. election monitors raise doubts over 99.93% turnout in Gabon's presidential election, and President Obama laments that Americans don't get out and explore the world more.
The Islamic State has lost its last territory along the Syrian-Turkish border, thanks to a recent military push by the Turkish armed forces. Is Turkey ready to go all-in in Syria?
Another coalition army prepares for the liberation of Mosul and the tiny Philae lander has been spotted on Comet 67P.
Backers of a new technology with the potential to make isolated species extinct are encountering strong push back from conservationists.
Fresh off a visit to Mexico, Donald Trump recommits to building a border wall, and the U.S. and China prepare to sign on to the Paris climate agreement.
Direct commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba get underway, the Islamic State's number two man is dead and Britain recommits to Brexit.
EU regulators order Apple to pay billions in back taxes, and women continue to trail in the race to the be the next U.N. Secretary-General.
Media reports suggest that negotiations for a proposed US-EU trade deal have collapsed and Colombia's FARC rebels lay down their weapons.
Media reports suggest the U.S. may be moving nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania, and allegations of physical and sexual abuse of aid workers emerge from South Sudan.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, aid groups are preparing the mass exodus of as many as 1.2 million people as the fight to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State begins.
July temperatures hit a new record, electric vehicles will take you farther than you think and China puts an advanced new satellite into space.
Pulling out of the E.U. might take more time than previously thought, and Turkey dials up its demands for visa-free travel to Europe.
Germany announces a raft of new anti-terrorism measures and NASA taps six companies to design deep space habitats for a future Mars mission.
A court ruling opens the door for the federal government to factor the social cost of carbon into energy efficiency regulations.
As the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Syria, a group of American peace activists fresh off a trip to Damascus presented an alternate take on the Syrian war.