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Roadside blasts kill at least 12 Afghan civilians
Two roadside bombs exploded on Thursday in eastern and southern Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 16 others, officials said.
Palestinians hope to gain leverage from UN bid
The expected U.N. vote Thursday to recognize a state of Palestine will be far more than symbolic — it could give the Palestinians leverage in future ...
New blow for Rice: Moderate senator voices concern
A moderate Republican senator, vital to any White House hopes of getting U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice confirmed as secretary of state, said Wednesday ...
Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood
The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key ...
Obama calls embattled ambassador 'extraordinary'
President Barack Obama is hailing U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as "extraordinary" as she continues to face scrutiny over her initial comments about the ...
Germany: won't back Palestinian state at UN
Germany says it won't back a Palestinian drive for statehood in a U.N. vote this week — putting it at odds with France and other European countries.
Spain to recognize Palestinian state at UN
Spain's foreign minister says Spain will vote in favor of recognition of a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly this week. Jose Manuel ...
Senate takes up UN disability treaty
A U.N. treaty promoting equal rights for the disabled faced an uncertain future in the Senate Tuesday as Republicans objected to taking up an ...
Palestinians predict historic UN vote on statehood
The Palestinians predicted a historic U.N. vote recognizing their statehood this week, praising important new support from France on Tuesday and ...
France to recognize Palestinian state at UN
France announced Tuesday that it plans to vote in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly this week. With the ...
UN nuclear agency reports being hacked
The International Atomic Energy Agency acknowledged Tuesday that one of its servers had been hacked after a previously unknown group critical of ...
UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was "probably not a coincidence" but an example of the extreme ...
AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb
Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb ...
UN to vote Thursday on raising Palestinian status
The Palestinians said the U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday afternoon on a resolution raising their status at the United Nations from an ...
Rice's star rises as congressional opposition dims
With congressional opposition softening, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice could find her name in contention as early as this week to succeed Hillary Rodham ...
Rebels patrol in Congo city as deadline passes
Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda and Uganda held their positions in this key eastern Congolese city that they seized last week, letting ...
GI's treatment focus of hearing in WikiLeaks case
An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history is trying to avoid trial by claiming he has already been punished enough by ...
US defends 'enormous' climate efforts at UN talks
Anticipating an onslaught of criticism from poor nations, the United States claimed "enormous" strides in reducing greenhouse emissions at the opening ...
What's your QELRO? Fast guide to UN climate lingo
Every time U.N. negotiators meet for their annual climate talks, they come up with a new set of unintuitive acronyms, as if to make sure that people ...
Israel, militants begin talks on truce details
Israel and Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip began indirect talks Monday in Egypt aimed at forging a new era of relations between the bitter ...
Web access battles brew before UN conference
An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as ...
Gaza cease-fire raises hopes for reconstruction
Mohammed Falah Azzam has been through this before. His mother's home was bombed in the 2008-09 Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which ...
UN to launch new round of talks on global warming
As nearly 200 countries meet in oil-and-gas-rich Qatar for annual talks starting Monday on slowing global warming, one of the main challenges will be ...
Europe mulls banning 'boxes' for abandoned babies
German pastor Gabriele Stangl says she will never forget the harrowing confession she heard in 1999. A woman said she had been brutally raped, got ...
AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 rejects Gaza arms halt
Gaza's ruling Hamas will not stop arming itself because only a strong arsenal, not negotiations, can extract concessions from Israel, the No. 2 in the ...