On Friday, the human rights record of the United States will be the subject of a debate at the UN Human Rights Council. If you care about scoring cheap shots against the Obama administration, this is a terrible thing! If you actually care about the advancement of human rights around the world, this is definitely a positive development.
Next week, Washington, D.C. is playing host to a summit on how mobile phone technologies can be harnessed to improve health outcomes in the developing world. From November 8 to 10, experts from the world of technology, health, philanthropy and the government and private sector will converge for the mHealth Summit.
It is fair to say that today's election is not going to turn on foreign policy. Still, the group of lawmakers voted into office today will have a set of global issues vying for their attention. So how does the slate of candidates up for election today fare on those issues?
Climate change in Columbia is causing severe water shortages. As often happens, the poorest and most vulnerable people are the most affected. Check out this video from the UN about how the indigenous Wayuu people are struggling to maintain their livelihoods amidst ecological and political challenges.
The UN and Haitian officials are rushing to prepare for Hurricane Tomas. The United States has even mustered a battleship to the area. Haiti just cannot seem to catch a break.
The first children who trick-or-treated for UNICEF are likely drawing Social Security by now. And the woman who started it all, Mary Emma Allison, passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Yet the tradition lives on.
Two weeks from today, NATO is gathering for a major summit of its 28 member states, plus Russia. This morning, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO met with a few journalists in Washington, D.C. to preview the gathering.
Our friends at Girl Up pass along a promotion where you have a chance to win a ticket to Glamour magazine's annual award show on November 8.
Between 2003 and 2009, more than 4.5 million Iraqis were expelled and displaced amid Iraq’s sectarian civil war — new, grim details of which are contained in the WikiLeaks trove. It's time to revive the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission.