According to the U.N. Commission of Inquiry, war crimes in Syria are now “rampant.” What is more: “Paradoxically, the international and regional stakeholders that are ostensibly pushing for a peaceful solution to the war are the same that continue to feed the military escalation.”
Bed Bugs Demand Recognition from the United Nations
The greatest threat to world security is currently bed bugs, which reportedly stormed the United Nations this week.
Leaked Report: French Troops Raped Starving Children in Central Africa
According to a report leaked by a (now suspended) United Nations aid worker, French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic have been accused of raping and sodomizing the same “starving and homeless young boys” they were supposed to have been protecting.
Mother's Moving Climate Change Poem Brings World Leaders to Tears at UN
By several accounts, the most interesting part of yesterday's United Nations Climate Summit was not a speech by any of the world leaders in attendance, but a poem read by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a 26-year old mother from the Marshall Islands.
The Best Restaurant in New York Is The United Nations Dining Room
Rich: I realized I had a knife in my bag on the way to the United Nations. It's a pocket knife—a nice one—and while I've never used it (I've never had to), I did not want to give it up. But I knew we'd be searched. I also worried about leaving it in the cab and having someone pick it up and kill someone with it. That…
These Insane Prisoner Drawings Show Life Inside a North Korean Gulag
A refugee from the Democratic Republic of North Korea who spent six years in one of that nation's harshest gulags has shared his chilling illustrations of its conditions with the UN High Commission on Human Rights.
U.N. Withdraws Iran's Invite to Syrian Peace Talks
Less than 24 hours after he surprised many in the international community with the initial invitation, U.N. Secretary general Ban Ki-moon disinvited Iran on Tuesday from this week's peace conference on the Syrian civil war.
Good News For Bored People! Climate Change Promises Nonstop Excitement
If you love excitement, you're going to love these last years of your life. Civil war, food riots, monster storms and a lot more apocalyptic religious extremism will spice up even the dullest and most comfortable existence, according to a new United Nations report on the now-constant insanity we boringly call "climate…
UN Security Council Agrees to Syrian Chemical Weapon Resolution
Thursday night, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council agreed to a resolution that will require Syria to surrender its chemical weapons. While the resolution includes no automatic consequences if Syria fails to comply, the deal – if it's approved by the rest of the Security Council –…
The U.S. Bugged the United Nations' Headquarters
The NSA bugged the United Nations' headquarters in 2012, hacking into its videoconferencing and spying on the diplomatic work of other countries, according to yet another leak released by Edward Snowden, this time published by Germany's Der Spiegel weekly magazine.
United Nations Tells Ron Paul To Shove His Lawsuit Right Up His Ass
Last we checked, Ron Paul had filed a lawsuit with the World Intellectual Property Organization (an agency of the UN, which he HATES) in an attempt to expropriate both RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org from his supporters. So how'd that all turn out for Paul? Not so well.
Eat More Insects, United Nations Tells a Hungry Planet
A new UN report finds that insects, our six-legged friends, could help solve world hunger — if only we got over ourselves and started eating them.
U.S. Ambassador Wants U.N. Delegates to Stop Getting So Drunk Before Budget Meetings
Budget negotiations at the U.N. are probably boring, drawn-out affairs, and as such, delegates apparently have a tradition of having a drink or two before the meetings begin. But according to Joseph Torsella, the U.S. ambassador for management and reform at the United Nations, certain delegates have been showing up …
Ron Paul Calls on United Nations (Which He Doesn't Believe In) to Confiscate RonPaul.Com
In 2008, a group of Ron Paul supporters founded RonPaul.com, a Ron Paul fan-site that became one of the leading sources for information about and support for the perennial Libertarian presidential candidate. The creators of the site "put our lives on hold and invested 5 years of hard work into Ron Paul, RonPaul.com…
Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Blasts Communist Party in New Video
Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal activist and NYU fellow, just released a new video where he calls for the release of Chinese political prisoners and urges other nations to intervene and tell China to loosen some of its more restrictive laws. The video was released just in advance of the United Nation's Human Rights…
The U.N. General Assembly has voted to grant Palestine "non-member observer state" status. The U.S. and Israel opposed.
Judge in Texas Concerned Obama Re-election Could Spark 'Civil War'
It's November 7th, 2012, and a re-elected Barack Obama has just handed over the sovereignty of the United States to the United Nations, sparking a civil war.
Arizona Democrat: 'The Tea Party and Conspiracy Theorists Run the State Now'
Ah, to be a Democrat in Arizona. A bill that House Minority Leader Chad Campbell is calling "the most poorly crafted bill in this state" is nearing Governor Jan Brewer's desk.
Obama to Syrian People: "We Are With You, and the Assad Regime Must Come to an End"
In the wake of increasing bloodshed in Syria and yesterday's massacre, Barack Obama has released a statement against the Syrian government and in support of peaceful protesters. Al Jazeera has posted the full transcript on their site.
Ed Koch Changes Mind, Decides That Obama Doesn't Hate Jews
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch recently endorsed Republican Bob Turner in the special election for Anthony Weiner's old congressional seat, helping him pull off the upset against Democrat Dave Weprin. Koch, who supported Obama in 2008, wanted to punish the Democratic party over "President Obama's open hostility to…
