The United Nations asked Wednesday for a record $7 billion to help 30 million people recover from disasters and conflict in the coming year.

The United Nations report was released two weeks before the world’s environmental ministers are to meet to discuss ways to curb greenhouse gases.

The pact with the U.S. would let forces stay for three years after their U.N. mandate expired at year’s end.

Heraldo Muñoz overcame his initial reluctance to write about his past when he realized that General Pinochet had affected an entire generation in Chile.

Russia has sold 12 MiG-29 fighter jets to Sudan, the Sudanese defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, said during a visit to Moscow.

Courts in Myanmar sentenced 14 members of the opposition National League for Democracy party to lengthy prison terms.

Aid workers began feeding tens of thousands of refugees in eastern Congo, as an envoy appointed by the U.N. started talks to try to avert a wider war.

Israel should not parse the Arab peace plan, the Saudi foreign minister said after a speech by Israel’s president during a two-day interfaith dialogue at the U.N.

“Brown clouds” made up of toxic chemicals are blotting out the sun in large parts of Asia, a U.N. report said.

“Brown clouds” made up of toxic chemicals are blotting out the sun in large parts of Asia, a U.N. report said.