From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the ...

Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from ...

The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. António ...

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a ...

Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and promote justice and ...

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

Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced ...

Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN ...

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 ...

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

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 ...