Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, the Israeli minister of information and diaspora, arrived in Boston on Sunday for a three-day visit to promote a new campaign to educate Israeli citizens in diplomacy.

About one year after a Prague address calling for a world without nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the United States and Russia will sign a treaty that will significantly limit both countries' use and acquisition of such devices.

More people are enslaved around the world than ever before, panelists said Thursday night in a lecture at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square.

The Chinese government retaliated Tuesday after search giant Google made the decision to stop censoring search results in China by redirecting users to an uncensored version of their website based in Hong Kong.

Google announced Monday that it will stop censoring search results in China, setting up a confrontation with the country's strict regime.

Boston University graduate student Sean Mackay said he witnessed global warming first-hand last summer when he sailed around the west coast of Greenland and visited Inuit communities.

The economic crisis plaguing the United States is widespread, affecting prosperous and poor countries alike. Greece has been hit particularly hard by the financial situation, and many, including Greek natives on Boston University's campus, are now bracing for the consequences if the plight is not remedied soon.

Students with roots in Chile rushed to contact loved ones after a massive earthquake struck the South American nation early Saturday.

Finnish environmental policies should set an example for renewable energy and green architecture in the United States, Finnish ambassador, Pekka Lintu said at Harvard University on Wednesday.

The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games did not start off without a hitch. Most tragically, a Georgian Olympian luger died on a training run on the day of the opening ceremonies, but steroid disqualifications and opening ceremony mishaps also made headlines.

Even though China is several thousand miles away from Boston, on Sunday, many Chinese-Americans now living here carried on the traditions of one of the most important Chinese Holidays, the Chinese lunar New Year.

On Friday Feb. 12, about 5,500 athletes from more than 91 countries will take part in the opening ceremonies of the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.