“Everything must be done” to prevent wider escalation of war across the Middle East following joint US-Israeli strikes …

The UN Security Council is due to meet top of the hour in emergency session in the aftermath of major airstrikes across…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the Epstein and Gisèle Pellicot scandals are an illustration of…

South Sudan was the focus of debate in the UN Human Rights Council on Friday as escalating violence and political tensi…

Cuba’s humanitarian situation is worsening as fuel shortages deepen nearly a month after Washington took measures to bl…

Nearly three years of war in Sudan have been marked by killings, rape and other violations, with risk of genocidal viol…

The UN rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday highlighted the “human-made disaster” across the Occupied Palestinian Terri…

Funding shortfalls are putting the lives of more than 1.9 million displaced people in South Sudan at risk amid rising h…

Despite global progress in strengthening land tenure and governance, more than a billion people worldwide – nearly one …

A new UN report forecasts that the Arab region is seeing a gradual economic recovery despite continuing geopolitical un…

The lucrative, illegal trade and trafficking of waste products including many that are toxic could be set to surge acro…

Children in Gaza are voicing their demands for the future through a UN-run initiative that seeks to amplify their voice…

Concerns have been raised about the “coercive” repatriation from Tanzania of Burundian refugees, many of whom do not wa…

Judges at the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday opened a confirmation of charges hearing for forme…

Although fighting has been raging in eastern Ukraine since 2014, most people in the country did not believe all-out war…

Renewed fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, damag…

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has received credible reports of civilian casualties following airstri…

Reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine will cost almost $588 million over the next decade, or nearly three times the es…

In Geneva, delegates from more than 120 countries gathered on Monday to mark 20 years of the UN Human Rights Council an…

A 16-year-old Haitian boy has been talking about how he was lured into working for a criminal gang but then threatened …

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in South Sudan on Friday to visit one of the most under-reported humanitari…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the key role science has in international governance of artificial in…

There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating c…

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the immediate release of all children detained during the recent public …

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its emergency response in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, where escalating…

Nearly three years into Sudan’s war, violence is intensifying, famine conditions are looming in parts of the country, a…

After a year that saw heavy monsoon floods, prolonged drought and dry spells, and a surge in violence, 7.5 million peop…

The UN has the funds and capacity to scale up relief and reconstruction operations in Gaza but does not have the necess…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures in a large…

As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, UN monitors say harm to …

The Tawila camp for internally displaced in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region is home to more than half a million people w…

The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscor…

Calling for sweeping reforms of global institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told African leaders on Satu…

Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face impediments in their efforts to deliver lifesaving aid to the populati…

Syria’s fragile political transition has gained fresh momentum with a landmark agreement between Damascus and Kurdish a…

Paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed “a wave of intense violence…shocking in its scale and brutality” during their fi…

Some 10 days after tropical cyclone Fytia brought heavy rains and flooding to Madagascar, cyclone Gezani has left the i…

Amid reported heavy Russian strikes across Ukraine on Thursday, UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned the “co…

A UN humanitarian convoy reached frontline communities in Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Wednesday, delivering critical med…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Wednesday for Israel to rescind recent measures to expand c…

Escalating violence, political stalemate and humanitarian constraints are pushing South Sudan’s civilians to the brink …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced grave concern on Monday over the reported decision by the Israeli security…

South Africa has moved to withdraw its peacekeepers deployed at the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission i…

As the brutal Sudan war shows no signs of ending, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday called on the internation…

The UN human rights chief on Monday called for the immediate release of Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai after a Chine…

Fifty-three migrants including two babies are dead or missing after a large rubber dinghy capsized off the coast of Lib…

The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the surge in violence across South Sudan, warning that civilians and ai…

While new digital technologies are transforming how the Holocaust is remembered and taught, experts warn that sustainab…

Attacks on Ukraine’s power system highlight how the ongoing war threatens the safety of the country’s nuclear facilitie…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday welcomed the resumption of talks between Iran and the United States.  …

The UN Secretary-General on Thursday strongly condemned a deadly terrorist attack in Kwara state in western Nigeria, wh…

The United Nations has welcomed signs of progress in talks aimed at reducing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of…

Acute malnutrition among children has reached catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan’s North Darfur and Greater Kordofan…

The terrorist group ISIL continues to adapt and demonstrate resilience despite sustained counter-terrorism efforts, a s…

Sudan is now the world’s most severe humanitarian emergency, the UN’s top relief official warned on Tuesday, urging don…

More than 450,000 children in South Sudan are at risk of acute malnutrition as a surge in violence disrupts health and …

The partial reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has allowed a small number of people to leave and re…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched its 2026 global appeal for nearly $1 billion to ensure that mil…

UN peacekeepers temporarily suspended patrols and other activities along parts of the ‘Blue Line’ in southern Lebanon a…

The reopening of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday after more than a year is being met with both …

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that cuts to international aid and persistent funding gaps are …

Every day, we send countless emails, take part in video calls, use search engines and streaming services, while seamles…

Step by step, mile by mile, Deo Kato ran his way across a continent — and beyond. After a year and a half on the road, …