The UN Security Council met Sunday morning in New York following the Israeli cabinet’s decision to again expand its military ...

The UN Security Council has expressed alarm at the sharp escalation of violence in Syria’s Sweida region since mid-July, ...

For years, low-quality seeds have been a concern in Haiti, with continual climate shocks and political insecurity adding to ...

The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis, with ...

The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries wrapped up earlier Friday in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with delegates ...

The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete military ...

Climate change has worsened monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, putting women of child-bearing age at risk – but the UN ...

Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN agencies said on Friday, while ...

Millions of people returning to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries are receiving humanitarian support at the border, but ...

In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism – are stripping women ...

In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on ...

United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the “only guarantee” against the use ...