JOHANNESBURG: Much of what is seen in “Black Panther” is fictional, including the country where the movie is based. But in Wakanda, they do speak a language...
JOHANNESBURG: At first, the drone took some explaining. Anxious villagers buzzed with rumors of a new blood-sucking thing that would fly above their homes....
At first, the drone took some explaining. Anxious villagers buzzed with rumors of a new blood-sucking thing that would fly above their homes. Witchcraft, some...
UNITED NATIONS: As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent...
UNITED NATIONS: There "seems to be no agreement" on two key issues just hours before the latest international conference on Syria is held Friday in New York,...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: The ruble’s weak. And current geopolitical tensions make this a good time to temper headlines about Russia with everyday people and...
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan took its long-running dispute with neighboring India to the United Nations Friday as the country's U.N. Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi...
UNITED NATIONS: Vladimir Putin played it cool. Barack Obama was earnest but firm. And Iran's president walked in smiling. World leaders glided though the...
UNITED NATIONS: Libya's parliamentary leader says the elected House of Representatives will continue talks past an Oct. 20 deadline if a peace deal with...
UNITED NATIONS: China’s president Saturday pledged billions in aid and said Beijing would forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world’s poorest...
UNITED NATIONS: The $274 million that Saudi Arabia promised months ago to fund a U.N. emergency aid appeal for Yemen hasn't arrived because the kingdom and...
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has written an open letter to Egypt's president urging him not to sign two draft laws that the group says...
UNITED NATIONS: Members of a U.N. peacekeeping mission engaged in "transactional sex" with more than 225 Haitian women who said they needed to do so to obtain...
UNITED NATIONS: China is expected this month to formally submit its pledge for a global climate treaty that countries are seeking to finalize by December, the...
ABISKO, Sweden: A multiday hike above the Arctic Circle is no place for an iPhone to die. “There goes my camera,” I thought, and yet the loss was...
UNITED NATIONS: The United States has sent a top official to Israel in an effort to revive talks on a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons, a central...
UNITED NATIONS: Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations is asking the international community to quickly intervene with ground forces to save the country...
UNITED NATIONS: Diplomats are warning that United Nations backing for any European Union plan to address the growing Mediterranean migration crisis could take...
UNITED NATIONS: The world is "closer than ever" to reaching a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran but the work is far from over, with key issues...
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N.'s outgoing special envoy to Yemen said Monday the parties there had been "very close" to reaching a political agreement before the...
UNITED NATIONS: Extremist groups and the governments that restrict liberties to combat those militants have created "the most deadly and dangerous period for...
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. chief has nominated a new special envoy to Yemen, who will be tasked with guiding talks meant to end the violent chaos in the Arab...
UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Security Council members were moved to tears Thursday as the first eyewitness to the latest suspected chlorine attacks on civilians in...
UNITED NATIONS: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Russia's vetoes against holding Syria's government accountable are "extremely...
UNITED NATIONS: Nearly 650,000 Syrians are living in besieged communities in the country’s civil war, more than three times the U.N. estimate, says a new...