The United Nations (UN) rights chief said Thursday his office would need US$500 million on top of its regular budget to help ...

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A deadly insurgency is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country three times the size of Texas that is estimated to hold trillions of dollars worth of minerals essential to smartphones, ...

UN rights office warns of summary killings and rape ... according to a multi-agency United Nations study published on Monday. Extreme weather raises hunger risk in Latin America, UN says Climate ...

American importers will pay a new 25 percent tax on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10 percent levy on products from China ...

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who ...

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the United Nations Memorial Ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust [as delivered] New York ...

The United Nations refugee agency said Wednesday that it was taking a string of temporary measures as it faces "funding uncertainty" following a US decision to freeze virtually all foreign aid.

At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned ...

The global news shifted to the United Nations Secretary-General delivering another plea for peace — same podium, same backdrop, same message as the past two years. As someone who’s passionate about ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The worsening conflict in eastern Congo has led to a surge in human rights violations including summary ...