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

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

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

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

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 ...

Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on ...

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 ...

Behind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away from the historic port of Nice, more than 40 ministers ...