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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) at the opening of the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City.

The U.S. National Security Agency is reported to have implanted malicious software in nearly 100,000 computers worldwide, allowing the U.S. to conduct surveillance on those machines while creating a digital highway for launching cyberatacks

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) joins High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres as he briefs the media during a joint press conference at the Kawrgosik Refugee Camp, Iraq.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Monday in Paris to plan for Syrian peace talks later this month. The men could not agree on inviting Iran to join those talks.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Prime Minister Nouri Kamel al-Maliki brief the press in Baghdad.

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos.

Thai opposition protesters have begun their attempted shutdown of the capital city of Bangkok, occupying key intersections in the downtown area and bringing in sandbags, tents and food in preparation for a prolonged standoff. Police estimated the the turnout in the morning at 31,300, but that number is likely to grow in the evening.

The coming weeks will tell whether Francois Hollande can pick up the pieces of his accident-prone presidency and start to pull the euro zone's second-largest economy out of decline. It may be his last chance to do so.

Major international clothing companies say they are concerned for the safety of Cambodia’s garment workers and want to see peaceful negotiations between unions, factories and the government.

Central African Republic’s interim president, Michel Djotodia, has resigned Friday at the close of a two-day summit of regional leaders in Chad.