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A second health care worker who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has contracted the Ebola Virus and has been quarantined within Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas, according to health officials.

GENEVA (AP) — A United Nations panel finds the United States has fallen short of meeting its obligations under an international civil rights treaty, pointing to a lack of adequate oversight and transparency in its programs of electronic surveillance, targeted drone killings and secret detentions.

KHASAB, Oman (AP) — The United Nations is pressing Gulf nations to take greater action to stop the continuing trade in charcoal from Somalia, which was banned by the Security Council because it rakes in millions of dollars for the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militia.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations has called on the U.S. to reveal the number of civilian casualties it believes have been caused by drone strikes targeting Islamic militants in various countries.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has joined more than 90 other nations in signing a treaty that regulates global arms trading. But there's strong resistance in the U.S. Senate, which must ratify the accord.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to stop fueling the bloodshed in Syria with weapons and get both sides to the negotiating table to end the "biggest challenge to peace and security in the world."

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says international treaties protect its office and all diplomatic missions from interference, spying and eavesdropping, but it is not directly commenting on reports that the U.S. hacked U.N. internal communications.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice as U.N. ambassador says if she's confirmed by the Senate, she'll work to eliminate what she calls the United Nations' "unacceptable bias and attacks" on Israel.

A brazen attack on the United Nations’ offices in the Nigerian capital of Abuja claimed the lives of at least 18 people on Friday.