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

Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third ...

Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday ...

Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor ...

How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of ...

With one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third UN Ocean Conference, delegates in Nice are preparing for the ...

Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging ‘maximum restraint’ from ...

As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency ...

Yemen cannot endure more years of division, economic collapse and human suffering, the UN’s top official on the crisis told ...

The UN-backed atomic watchdog passed a resolution on Thursday declaring that Iran is not complying with its obligations ...

Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ...

The General Assembly overwhelming backed a resolution on Thursday demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ...