North Korea's government has said it reserves the right to carry out a preemptive nuclear attack against the United States ahead of a U.N. vote on tighter sanctions against the communist regime.

Half of all Afghans have bribed public officials in the last year and the amounts are growing, according to a report from the UN.

The International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, raised concerns about the legal protections that domestic workers get.

North Korea defies international sanctions to launch a rocket. Japan has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which could take place later today.

New sources of fossil fuels are stirring up the United Nations climate talks in Doha.

Heavy hitters in the online world worry that U.N. regulation could stifle the Internet's future.

Celebrating the text message as the technology turns twenty, and waiting on results from a UN summit on controlling the Internet.

President Obama signed a bill this week protecting U.S. airlines from an emission tax when they fly in and out of Europe. The EU's carbon tax is so unpopular, it's been suspended for all carriers for a year.

American Crossroads makes political hay out of attacks in Libya