More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa face extreme hunger from record-breaking drought, marking what experts describe...

Cocaine production, trafficking, and consumption reached unprecedented levels in 2023, making it the fastest-growing illicit drug market in ...

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) issued a warning on Saturday, stating that escalating violence in Israel and Iran is already promp...

The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three tim...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, as the head of th...

The United Nations on Tuesday warned that humanity saw an unexpected and “unsettling” slowdown in development in 2024 as the global post-p...

Maternal mortality rates have dropped dramatically in the past quarter of a century, but the U.N. on Monday warned that progress had stall...

Last year was the deadliest year for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying worldwide, the United Nations said on March 21, calling the ...

Israeli actions in Gaza, including strikes on populated areas in which civilians have been killed, bear the hallmarks of atrocities, the a...

Cuts in international aid could bring an end to decades of progress in fighting child mortality, and even reverse the trend, the United Na...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a US-drafted resolution on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that t...

More than $50 billion will be required to rebuild Gaza after the 15-month Israel-Hamas conflict in the Palestinian enclave, according to a...

Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull bac...

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, locking in future temperature increases for years to com...

Poverty makes people up to three times more likely to suffer from mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety compared to the wealthy,...

Halving food waste could cut climate-warming emissions and end undernourishment for 153 million people globally, the OECD and the U.N....

The United Nations Security Council on Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the immed...

It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discrim...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously voted on Friday to end a decade-long peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West...

A United Nations helicopter made an emergency landing at Laiki Sporting Club in Latsia, Nicosia, south Cyprus on Wednesday morning. Members...