World Oct 05 Paris climate agreement to enter into force on Nov. 4 With the backing of the world’s largest polluters, the Paris climate agreement will enter into force on Nov. 4, the United Nations said Wednesday.
World Oct 05 Photos: What happened to Haiti after Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew cut through southwestern Haiti on Tuesday, flooding towns and knocking out at least one major bridge, as it rolled toward Florida where it is expected to hit late Thursday.
World Sep 30 India to ratify climate agreement on Gandhi’s birthday India, the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement on Sunday.
World Sep 29 U.S. sends more troops to Iraq to retake Mosul Even as battle plans are laid to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, questions remain about what will come next.
World Sep 29 Want to visit Afghanistan? They’re making an app for that In a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, a group of girls is working on a mobile phone application that would help tourists coming to their country.
World Sep 28 Shimon Peres, one of Israel’s founding fathers, dies at age 93 Israeli statesman and its stalwart defender Shimon Peres, who suffered a stroke two weeks ago, died Wednesday in a Tel Aviv area hospital. He was 93.
World Sep 27 Colombian president signs historic peace deal with FARC rebels. What’s next? It was a historic moment: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos shaking hands after signing a peace agreement on Monday with Rodrigo Londono, the FARC rebel leader once hunted in the jungles of Colombia.
World Sep 26 South Sudan’s vice president responds to report over misuse of aid In an interview airing on Monday’s PBS NewsHour, South Sudan Vice President Taban Deng Gai responded to a report that the country’s top leaders were profiting off the five-year conflict by saying it’s under investigation, but the report might be…
Nation Sep 26 Friends pay tribute to ‘king’ of golf, Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer, American golfing great credited with bringing the upper-class sport to the masses, died Sunday of complications from heart problems. Palmer was hospitalized in Pittsburgh several days earlier and had just turned 87.
World Sep 21 31 more countries ratify Paris climate pact, including Argentina and Brazil NEW YORK – Thirty-one more countries formally joined the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, doubling the number of those who had previously ratified the document, and bringing it well past the threshold needed for implementation.