The Obama administration announced Tuesday morning that it has struck a deal with other major powers, including Russia and China, to impose new sanctions on Iran, a sharp repudiation of the deal Tehran offered just a day before to ship its nuclear fuel out of the country.

From the Sugar Plum Fairy to Musetta's Waltz, the former Soviet republics showed off some brilliant young talent performing Romantic Era greats: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Puccini.

The Nigerian Army will on Thursday in the United States be presented with an Accreditation Certificate of the United Nations in recognition of its peacekeeping centre as a centre of excellence for training in Peace Support Operations.

The objective of this year's climate summit should be to agree on the "architecture" for reducing global warming and restoring international trust, the United Nations top climate official said today.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for strengthened global cooperation and more innovation in the battle against organized crime, including the emerging danger of cyber-crime, warning that it threatened world peace, security and vital economic development.

In the halls of the United Nation's New York bureau, officials have been considering a proposal to unify the UN's many organizations promoting women’s equality and rights into a single "gender entity."

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today proposed a major United Nations role as "a cure-all" for resolving tensions in Central Asia over the use of water, energy and other natural resources where exploitation by one country can affect the development of another.

On May 1, the modern-day equivalent, the World Expo, will open in Shanghai, China. Given China's rising international profile, the Shanghai Expo seems to be less about inventions and more about geopolitics.