Unesco has issued a warning for the safety of Timbuktu since the Tuareg rebels defeat of Malian government authorities in the northern part of the country.
On Monday, the Bhutanese government led a session in the UN called Wellbeing and Happiness: Defining a New Economic Paradigm, that highlighted the world's happiest countries and discussed how to put happiness on the global agenda.
The International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger met with Syrian government ministers in Damascus on Tuesday to demand access to the wounded, displaced and hungry civilians.
Syrian opposition groups have declared Rifaat should be also be subjected to western sanctions since he committed crimes during his reign in Syria.
United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan told the Security Council that Assad had agreed to withdraw forces from population centers and stop using heavy weapons early next week.
Special envoy Kofi Annan met Monday with the U.N. Security Council in New York to discuss the progress of his cease-fire and peace plan aimed at ending a brutal crackdown by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad against rebel fighters.
U.S. President Barack Obama has already warned that the window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution is rapidly closing, suggesting that a military strike on Iran may be likely at some point.
The news comes just hours before Kofi Annan is due to brief the UN Security Council on Monday on whether he had seen progress towards peace.
Producers behind the 'Kony 2012' video are planning to release a sequel Tuesday that will shift the spotlight back to the horrific war crimes that occurred in Uganda by warlord Joseph Kony.
Women and children in rural areas of Afghanistan consume opium on a regular basis to cure their illnesses. The Afghans believe that opium has curative powers.
The United States vowed to nearly double its funding to the Syrian opposition, and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised the Syrian people they will not be left alone.
Why are the lights and logos out at the Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Christ the Redeemer, Burj Khalifa, and Great Wall of China? They've all gone dark for Earth Hour 2012 as a symbolic gesture of each nation's commitment to sustainability.
Syria says the year-long revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is now over, but it will keep its forces in cities to maintain security until it is safe to withdraw in keeping with a U.N.-backed peace deal.
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The top U.S. diplomat is also set to meet with ministers from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates before heading for talks with Turkish, Arab and Western leaders on the Syria crisis.
Scientists have discovered ways in which even low doses of widely used pesticides can harm bumblebees and honeybees, interfering with their homing abilities and making them lose their way.
Kofi Annan demanded that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad order his troops to ceasefire immediately.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday that arming anyone in Syria could lead to a proxy war. Maliki made his comments during a speech at an Arab League summit in Baghdad, adding that diplomacy and a serious national dialogue are the only ways to stop the year-long violence in Syria.
The heads of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, drafted a joint statement attacking American and European aggressive policy actions and dominance of global institutions.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are meeting in Delhi to discuss a range of issues, including increased financial integration of the member countries.
Arab League foreign ministers met in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria, where a year of violence that has resulted in more than 9,000 deaths.
Despite their political differences, varied economic clout and undefined association, the meeting between the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is set to highlight the group's growing independence
