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NATO preparations to defend Turkey from potential Syrian attacks may find new urgency as Damascus begins to use missiles against Syrian rebels across the Turkish border.

North Korea has carried out what it characterizes as a “groundbreaking” peaceful launch to place a weather satellite into orbit, despite warnings from the United Nations and the United States. The event is being viewed by most of the world as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

President Barack Obama has announced formal U.S. recognition of the Syrian opposition coalition, calling it the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Several key European countries are trying to rally international support for Syria's newly formed opposition coalition.

MONUSCO peacekeepers evacuate children following the capture of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by M23.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore (c) concluding the 2012 OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, 7 December 2012.

No country, region or community is immune to corruption, a serious crime that can undermine social and economic development in all societies.

Syrian refugees queue for relief items at Jordan's Za'atri camp.

No country, region or community is immune to corruption, a serious crime that can undermine social and economic development in all societies

Last month’s deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip may be over, but the war of words continues.