A joint UN-OPCW panel tasked with determining who was behind the deadly sarin gas attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun is facing heavy political pressure as it prepares to present its findings in mid-October, the head of the investigation said Thursday. After meeting behind closed...

( The Guardian )- The top ethics watchdog in the federal government announced his resignation on Thursday, taking a parting shot at Donald Trump as he did so. Walter Shaub, head of the independent Office of Government Ethics (OGE), released a statement in which he said he would step down in...

U.N. diplomats say Russia has blocked U.N. Security Council approval of a statement that would strongly condemn North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile and renew a pledge to take "further significant measures." The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sought Thursday to steer rival sides in Cyprus peace talks to agreement on a broad range of issues that are holding back a deal to reunify the ethnically divided Mediterranean island nation. Appearing for the second time at the peace talks taking place...