Eritrea joins an unsavory slate of rights-abusing nations in winning three-year membership to the UN Human Rights Council.

The State of Washington and the Asian nation of Malaysia move to end the death penalty, joining 19 states and 105 countries in doing so.

A new UN report says the world may be just 12 years away from triggering the severe and irreversible effects of climate change.

A new blockchain application rolled in Jordan’s refugee camps is making U.N. aid more efficient and empowering female refugees in the process.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returns from North Korea and says Kim Jong Un is open to inspectors visiting one of the country's nuclear test sites.

Congolese physician Denis Mukwege and Yazidi sexual violence activist Nadia Murad win the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

Thousands continue to await humanitarian aid six days after a major earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia's Sulawesi Island.

New data from the Pew Research Center shows a world receptive to American leadership, even as Chinese power grows.

What the Republic of Macedonia chooses to call itself has major implications for geopolitics and the success of diplomacy in the post-Cold War period.

China's speech to the U.N. offers a master class on how to talk the language of multilateralism while still defending national interests.