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A man carrying his children in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, after Super Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) hit the province.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (l) in discussion with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Moscow, 8 November 2013. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing back against Israeli criticism of a still-developing deal to limit Iran's nuclear program, saying the international community is not giving up anything by talking to Tehran's new leaders.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will not give up what it considers its nuclear rights, including uranium enrichment on Iranian soil, in any deal with international negotiators.

U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time for the United States to revise its policies regarding Cuba.

President Hassan Rouhani, architect of Iran's diplomatic opening to big powers, said it would not yield to any threats or discrimination in an apparent bid to keep hardliners on side as Tehran edges toward a deal on its nuclear program.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay

Swiss forensic scientists say samples taken from the exhumed corpse of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat show unexpectedly high levels of the lethal radioactive isotope polonium-210.

Negotiators from Iran and six world powers are meeting Thursday in their latest bid to resolve a decade-long standoff over Iran's controversial nuclear program.

Low yields from slash-and-burn agriculture cannot ensure food security for the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) rapidly growing population.