A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to ...

At least 14 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 100 injured in Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, as Russian drone and ...

In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in ...

Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid ...

From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the ...

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a ...

The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. António ...

Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from ...

Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on ...

Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and promote justice and ...

Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced ...

After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk ...