The head of the United Nations warned gathered leaders Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are driving modern civilization toward "a powder keg that risks engulfing the world" - the ...

The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from ...

António Guterres says the Gaza Strip could be ‘kept in a state of limbo’ during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

Trump signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the UNHRC, a 47-member international institution tasked with improving human ...

Brazil sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations in upcoming climate finance talks, according to ...

GENEVA — The head of the United Nations labor agency says it has good relations with Saudi Arabia during an ongoing investigation of alleged rights abuses by the 2034 World Cup host, and aims to ...

A former United Nations worker has been appointed as the executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid. Edward Lewis served as ...

United Nations Day, on 24 October, marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories ...

Russia on Thursday (Jan 23) reprimanded the head of the UN children's agency Unicef for not providing a "weighty argument for her refusal" to brief the Security Council on children in Gaza — a meeting ...

The United Nations' peacekeeping chief said Friday that M23 rebels are advancing south toward the provincial capital of Bukavu after seizing control of Goma in the mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier ...