From Nov. 14 to Nov. 18, representatives of 21 nations in the Middle East met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to discuss nuclear non-proliferation and efforts to improve compliance with bans on biological and chemical weapons. 

Kosovo’s political leaders announced this weekend that upcoming local elections will be postponed until early next spring in several northern municipalities.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the famed Nobel laureate who had been placed under house arrest for most of the last three decades, had just won a landslide victory in the country’s first openly contested elections in 15 years.

After a 10-month ordeal incarcerated in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner finally returned safely to the US on Fri., Dec. 9 in a prisoner exchange with infamous international arms dealer Viktor Bout, otherwise known as the "merchant of death."

In light of the COP27 conference that was held this past month in Egypt, the focus on renewable energy has moved to the Middle East.

Tensions are soaring between the United States and Iran after an Iranian patrol boat was caught attempting to blind US Navy ships.