Dec 25 Watch News Wrap: Christmas Day car bombings target Christians in Baghdad News Wrap: Christmas Day car bombings target Christians in Baghdad… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch UN Ambassador Power: U.S. engaged in ‘relentless’ diplomacy in South Sudan UN Ambassador Power: U.S. engaged in 'relentless' diplomacy in South Sudan… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch UN Security Council votes to double peacekeeping mission in South Sudan UN Security Council votes to double peacekeeping mission in South Sudan… Continue watching
Dec 24 U.N. Security Council votes to increase peacekeeper numbers in South Sudan The United Nations Security Council unanimously authorized a plan Tuesday which will almost double the number of U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan. The plans, requested by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, comes as violence plaguing South Sudan continues to… Continue reading
Dec 24 Ukraine receives first payment as part of Russian bailout Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich on Dec. 17 accepted a deal by Russian President Vladmir Putin. Russia agreed to buy $15 billion of Ukrainian debt and reduce the price the country pays for Russian gas supplies by one-third. Russia… Continue reading
Dec 24 In Photos: Fewer Monarch butterflies are becoming ‘snowbirds’ By Larisa Epatko First, it was disappearing bees. Now, it appears that Monarch butterflies are suffering a decline. Continue reading
Dec 24 When’s Santa arriving at your house? Find out with the NORAD Santa Tracker Santa is one busy guy. By 9 a.m. EST Tuesday he had already delivered more than 850,000,000 gifts. He was last seen flying over Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Irony! #Santa just left Christmas Island!… Continue reading
Dec 24 What we’re watching Tuesday The night before Christmas Crowds gather Tuesday to celebrate Christmas Eve in the biblical town of Bethlehem. Hundreds of tourists pack the town's Manger Square where the nearby Church of the Nativity sits on the spot where tradition says… Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch News Wrap: Pussy Riot punk rockers maintain dissident tone despite pardon News Wrap: Pussy Riot punk rockers maintain dissident tone despite pardon… Continue watching
Dec 23 Peace talks offered by rebel leader in second week of South Sudan conflict South Sudanese shelter at a makeshift IDP camp at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 22, 2013 where people continue to flock as fears of a resumption of fighting in the capital… Continue reading