(Mosaic Alert: November 4, 2009) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Israel to halt what he called "provocative" actions after another Palestinian family in East Jerusalem was evicted from their...

2008 - a year when the meltdown of the world's financial markets sent shockwaves around the globe. The United Nations faced considerable challenges during a year of new and ongoing...

(Global Pulse: May 2, 2008) Global food prices soar and the world's poorest people go even hungrier. Food riots fuel political crises in some nations. Rich nations pledge more aid...