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The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four U.S. troops in Afghanistan, hours after the U.S. announced it was opening formal talks with the insurgent group.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

U.S. President Barack Obama is set to lay out his vision for advancing toward a world free of nuclear weapons during a speech at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian's car at the Hawera checkpoint outside the town of Nablus in the West Bank.

Joint Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Franсois Hollande, President of the French Republic.

Gulf Arab states are preparing to launch a series of measures against Hezbollah’s interests in the region. The move is in retaliation for the Lebanese Shi’ite militant group’s growing military involvement in Syria.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin disagree on how they want the bloodshed in Syria to be resolved, but both say they want it resolved through negotiations. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland.

Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui (left) addresses the Security Council. On her left is Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.

U.S. President Barack Obama departed late for Northern Ireland, to attend a G8 summit likely to be dominated by the U.S. decision to arm Syrian rebels.