World Nov 01 U.S. Withholds Funding to UNESCO Based on Palestinian Membership A new chapter is unfolding in the Palestinian bid to gain statehood in the United Nations. Momentarily thwarted in their attempts to get official recognition in the U.N. Security Council, Palestinians have gone to a smaller agency to start the…
World Oct 31 U.N. Refugee Chief: ‘Terrible’ to Know Somalis Are Dying Out of Reach The humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deepen by the day. A recent spate of kidnappings of relief workers is preventing aid from reaching those most in need, and now troops from neighboring Kenya have entered Somalia to try to…
World Oct 27 World Population Poised to Hit 7 Billion. What Challenges Lie Ahead? On Monday, a baby will be born somewhere and demographers will proclaim that the world's population has reached 7 billion. That's good news and bad news, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released Wednesday.
World Oct 25 In Flooded Bangkok, a ‘Sandbag Fortress’ Many of Bangkok's nearly 10 million residents are hunkering down behind sandbags or seeking other temporary shelter as their homes get swallowed up by rising flood waters from the north.
World Oct 25 Rising Waters Put Thailand at Risk Flood waters have destroyed thousands of homes in Bangkok and surrounding communities in Thailand, and forced more than 100,000 people into temporary shelters.
World Oct 24 Argentina’s President Cruises to Victory, But is Economic Boom Sustainable? After the August primary, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's victory in Sunday's elections was a foregone conclusion, but now many Argentines are waiting to see what will happen in her next term.
World Oct 24 Historic Elections Mark Tunisia’s ‘New Beginning’ Tunisia, the country that ushered in the Arab Spring, was the first in the region to hold unfettered elections on Sunday. Voters, spurred on by thoughts of a "new beginning," waited in line for hours in some spots to participate…
World Oct 24 Tunisians Vote in First Open Poll Tunisians waited in long lines to cast their first vote in free elections Sunday.
World Oct 21 The Next Libya: A ‘New Dubai’ of North Africa? Now that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is gone, what will the country need to do to return to normalcy and what could a future Libya look like?…
World Oct 21 Obama: Iraq War Over, Troops to Leave by Year’s End President Obama announced Friday that American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year as planned, and that the "long war in Iraq" will come to an end.