Travelling more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) from Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in southwestern Sou…

“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…