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In the wake of the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the ongoing hunt for the plane, the head of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) committed the agency to the search for a real-time inflight communications system, drawing on new technology to help improve on the 50-year-old “black box” model.

Attacks by anti-Balaka and ex-Séléka rebels have led to serious human rights violations and large internal displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR).

NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels Tuesday to talk about a stronger response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region.

The United States is talking with Israel about releasing a convicted Israeli spy as part of efforts to extend Mideast peace talks beyond the end of April. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met again with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday morning, as the Palestinians threaten to quit the peace process unless Israel releases more prisoners.

China’s President Xi Jinping is wrapping up a week-long tour of Europe aimed at fostering better economic ties with its number one trading partner.

A view of the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during the session at which the court delivered its judgment in Whaling Case: Australia v. Japan.

North Korea has fired artillery shells into South Korean waters, apparently in reaction to military exercises being conducted between the U.S. and South Korea.

Nicholas Haysom, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on Russia to pull back thousands of troops along the Ukraine border, saying those forces are creating a "climate of fear" that does not support diplomatic dialogue. Secretary Kerry met late Sunday in Paris with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Amnesty International said 1,500 people have been killed this year in an escalating armed conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian security forces. Amnesty said more than half the victims were civilians.