The United Nations also announced International Peace Day, to remind the world of the importance of peace.
The statement from the Dalai Lama’s office said doctors had urged him to rest for several weeks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama are scheduled to talk after the former speaks at a United Nations meeting in New York Monday.
It will be the second meeting between the two leaders since they announced a detente after more than half a century of animosity between the former Cold War foes.
“As countries that are as vast as continents, we have this very important greenhouse gas emissions target," President Dilma Rousseff says.
In spite of efforts to stop foreign nationals from joining ISIS, people are still joining the terrorist militia.
While another shutdown like the one in 2013 is unlikely, the government is not taking any chances.
The U.S. senator from Texas topped his Republican rivals in a U.S. presidential straw poll at the Values Voter Summit in Washington.
The Cuban president says in a speech at the United Nations the recent warming of diplomatic ties between Washington and Havana is welcome, but not enough.
Indonesia and Thailand have cracked down on fish that are caught by illegally enslaved migrant laborers in their countries after an investigation linked them to U.S. suppliers.
China and the United States will look at the mutual recognition and enforcement of seizure orders for dirty assets which have been taken abroad by corruption suspects, China's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
New Yorkers showed their affection for Pope Francis on Friday before he leaves for Philadelphia, the last stop in his multicity tour of the United States.
Ticket demand was high for Pope Francis' Mass at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday night. "The right pope at the right time," one attendee said.
“He’s fun and everyone wants to hang out with the pope. He might even be able to get more young people to go to church.”
That's right. The Ohio Republican cried in public. Again.
U.S. officials previously suggested the two nations would agree to impose a ban on hacking each other's critical infrastructure.
Even with the announcement of meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reforms, China faces myriad problems in reducing its carbon footprint.
Pope Francis embarked Thursday on a whirlwind tour of New York City that included stops at the United Nations and a school in Harlem.
John Boehner's departure comes after years of intense struggle with right-wing Republicans unhappy with federal spending levels.
His own members have chafed at his leadership and his failure to fight for a variety of Republican issues, from Obamacare to Benghazi.
Ukraine banned Russian airlines, including major carrier Aeroflot, from flying into the country Friday.
In the latest row over Crimea, textbooks in Kazakhstan said the peninsula was a part of Russia -- not Ukraine.
