NEW YORK-The United Nations has announced the names of the 11 staff members who perished when the world body’s offices in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, were attacked by a suicide bomber on 26 August.
When the AAAS Arctic Division convenes for the first time later this month in Dillingham, Alaska, researchers and others will explore how local issues reflect challenges being confronted across the northern latitudes and beyond.
NEW YORK-The use of amphetamine-type stimulants such as ecstasy and meth is surging around the world, a new United Nations report finds, warning that the growing trade in these illegal drugs and the high profits they bring to criminals are posing an increasing threat to health and security.
KABUL,AFGHANISTAN-Early afternoon in the Afghan capitol, explosions rang out and weapons fire filled the air as four Taliban gunmen stormed a high-rise building under construction and used it as a firing platform in an attack on the American Embassy and NATO headquarters in the Green Zone. This was only one part of a four pronged […]