In the second video of the Global Resource Nexus Series, Raimund Bleischwitz discusses natural resource markets. He argues that the prices of resources often reflect scarcities of governance, rather than physical scarcities.

Developments in the Arctic continue to move forward at a rapid pace with the anticipation of offshore drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas this summer

Watch former UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot explore lessons learned in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.

The Armitage-Nye Report

Amateur video appears to show Syrian rebel fighters capturing a Syrian army officer said to be hiding in a sewer pipe.

One day after a series of suicide bombings, hospitals in Afghanistan continued treating civilians wounded in the attacks. Officials say as many as 14 bombers killed at least 46 people Tuesday.

Blood stained burkas and cars stripped of paint --- the aftermath of a bicycle bomb that wounded 18 people in western Afghanistan.

Australia's High Court upheld a tough law on cigarette promotion. Tobacco companies will be prohibited from displaying their logos on cigarette packs. Instead, packs will feature images of cancer-riddled mouths and blinded eyeballs.

A flash mob demonstrated in Moscow Wednesday backing jailed feminist punk rockers. Coordinated global rallies are set for Friday, when Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich are due to learn their fate in court.

Non-partisan Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund calls for investigation into security leaks.

Lawer for Amir Hekmati, an American man jailed in Iran, tells CNN that his client must be allowed to return home.

A growing number of Shiites are expressing discontent with Hezbollah's policies.

KT McFarland weighs in on the blast near Damascus hotel that was used by the UN.

The ongoing battle in Aleppo between Assad regime troops and the Syrian Free Army has left civilians caught in the crossfire.