CHINESE SHIP PULLS OUT OF MH370 SEARCH, LEAVING SINGLE VESSEL

Confirmation that the plane crashed came last year when a wing part washed ashore on Reunion Island in the western Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar... READ MORE›

MH370 HUNT FINDS WRECKAGE ... JUST NOT RIGHT WRECKAGE

The search for MH370 has found no trace of the plane more than 14 months after it disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing... READ MORE›

60 PERCENT OF INDIAN OCEAN SEARCH ZONE COMPLETED

Meanwhile, the Fugro Discovery was on its way back from Freemantle to the search area... READ MORE›

The Australian government still has two ships under contract to search an area of seafloor the size of Nebraska in the Indian Ocean, and the Malaysian government has a third... READ MORE›

The search resumed in early October after being on hold for four months while crews mapped the seabed in the 23,000-square mile search zone... READ MORE›

U.N.: 36,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED IN SOUTH SUDAN

UNITED NATIONS AP -- The United Nations says about 36,000 people have been displaced since fighting began in South Sudan last week... READ MORE›

FINLAND IS THE MOST SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, NEW STUDY REVEALS

Finland is the most socially progressive country in the world while the war torn Central African Republic is the least progressive, a new study has found... READ MORE›

UN TO INVESTIGATE PEACEKEEPERS REPORTED OF KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN AFRICA

Human Rights Watch has also documented murders by torture, public executions and beating deaths by Congolese peacekeepers... READ MORE›

MUSLIM STATES BLOCK GAY GROUPS FROM U.N. AIDS MEETING; U.S. PROTESTS

The issues of LGBT rights and participation in events at the United Nations have long been contentious... READ MORE›

MH370 MYSTERY: MALAYSIA'S PM NAJIB RAZAK STILL 'COMMITTED' TO INVESTIGATION

A relative of passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 waiting in 2014 in a conference room in Beijing for a briefing on the search... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

FRESH SEX ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST U.N. FORCES IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic said on Tuesday it was investigating new allegations of sexual abuse of minors by peacekeepers in the conflict-torn African nation... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UN REQUESTS INQUIRY INTO PEACEKEEPERS

The latest cases follow a series of sexual abuse accusations against United Nations peacekeepers last year in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE DRAFT AGREEMENT

COP21 Five things you need to know about the Paris climate change draft agreement... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ATTACK KILLS 8 CIVILIANS AT CAMP FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE

An attack in the Central African Republic by Muslim fighters killed eight civilians in a camp for displaced people, the United Nations said Friday... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN HUNTERS OF MH370 SAY NEW ANALYSIS PLACES LOST PLANE WITHIN CURRENT SEARCH ZONE

Australian authorities hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said they have new analysis that reaffirms the plane's most likely resting place is within... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC HUNDREDS ESCAPE PRISON AMID DAYS OF UNREST

The unrest erupted as the transitional president Catherine Samba-Panza was attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE›