United Nations

On Tuesday, President Obama addressed the United Nations about Syria and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, spoke this morning at the United Nations and delivered a powerful indictment of spying by the NSA on behalf of the United States.

A group of indigenous peoples from the US and Canada joined in a “Unity Ride” to the UN to plead for their sacred sites and their way of life …

Whatever Congress decides to do about bombing Syria, the United States is still trapped by a historic contradiction of its own invention.

“The negotiations provide a cover for Israel’s takeover of the territories it wishes to control,” writes Chomsky on the recent peace talks.

The “red line” that the Obama administration has claimed in regards to Syria and chemical weapons continues to cloud the reality of political conflict in the region.

As the US encroached upon indigenous territory, the government never allowed native women to negotiate.

According to a new report by the UN, restricting women's access to abortion is considered torture, and states like North Dakota are guilty.

Despite warnings of

The New York Times reports that the UN will finally investigate drone strikes.