Maryam Al-Khawaja is better known as @MARYAMALKHAWAJA, a prolific tweeter about human rights issues in her home country of Bahrain. She will make a landmark visit there tomorrow.
Maps from the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology warn of the hot, hot future our planet has in store for us as the effects of climate change become acute.
Today's map comes via the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to highlight a series of small-scale natural disasters that have had a very big impact on lives of people in the Caucuses.
The rumors were true! President Obama will nominate former Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. What does that mean for those of us who believe that a strong US relationship with the United Nations is a boon to American interests?
