The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN ...

With armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups morphing into gang-like entities and public officials acting ...

When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a neighbourhood or city, Palestinian ...

UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have uncovered rocket launchers, mortar rounds and other unauthorized weapons, while the ...

At least 27 refugees and migrants were drowned in a shipwreck near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday, ...

The United Nations has reiterated the importance of dialogue as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet on Friday in Alaska, with Ukraine top of the agenda.

Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year, the UN ...

Top UN human rights investigators said on Thursday that war crimes may have been committed in predominantly Alawite areas of ...

Dr. Younis Awadallah, a paediatrician who is almost 70 years old, does not hesitate to say that “humanitarian work cannot be ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk has expressed outrage over Monday’s deadly large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces ...

July saw the highest civilian casualties in Ukraine since May 2022, with 286 people killed and 1,388 injured, according to ...

At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed ...