The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are taking tusks to finance their atrocities. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:41 EDT

Yury Fedotov says progress has been made but not fast enough to help millions of trafficking victims Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:55 EDT

Now that the Supreme Court has invalidated part of Arizona's voter registration law, states should be thinking twice before introducing laws to make it harder to cast a ballot. Monday's decision is indeed a big victory for voters but it is also a stark reminder that free, fair and accessible elections in the United States are not as guaranteed as you might think. To fix this, we need to modernize our election system. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:46 EDT

It's that combination again: Justin Bieber, an automobile, and a mishap. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:46:48 EDT

Emirates has been voted the world's best airline by passengers at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:27:55 EDT