The Latest Breaking News from Stephane Dujarric

A group of senior military officers in Gabon seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, shortly after the country's election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The United States, the UK, France and others condemned what appeared to be the eighth military coup in west…

Soldiers who overthrew the democratically elected president in July have quickly entrenched themselves in power.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has implicitly criticized Cambodia’s upcoming elections for failing to be inclusive, after the top opposition party was not allowed to register

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, asks prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials committed any "crime" before or during the war in Ukraine.

Noeleen Heyzer, the U.N. special envoy for conflict-torn Myanmar, will be leaving the job in June

Sudanese and U.N. officials say the United Nations secretary-general was “shocked” by a letter from Sudan’s army chief demanding the removal of the U.N. envoy to the country

The United Nations expressed concern on Monday that Ukraine's Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (Yuzhny) has not received any ships since May 2 under a deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer.

The United Nations says floods caused by the annual rains have left “a trail of destruction” across Somalia, citing inundated homes and farmland as well as the shutdown of health facilities

Taliban’s interim foreign minister gets UN clearance to travel for meeting with counterparts in Pakistan.