The Latest Breaking News from The United Nations

The United Nations' rights office says at least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region

Evidence of Chemours-operated plant contaminating region is ‘alleged human rights violations’, say experts appointed by council

As aid trucks slowly make their way into Gaza, another gate at Rafah is for people departing the besieged territory — the only exit for those permitted to leave, including the critically wounded.

The shocks from a relentless climate crisis have upended the lives of millions in Somalia and the Horn of Africa region.

Widespread escalation in violence across number of states poses greatest challenge yet to military rule

Watch as Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet spoke following the Olympic Truce signing at the United Nations on Tuesday, 21 November.

I recommend two much-needed books in the present time. Despite the Gaza massacres seemingly planting the seeds of endless future hatred, the future of Palestine/Israel can only be a future of togetherness.

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his "deep concern" to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about military cooperation between Russia and North Korea during a phone conversation, while also calling on Beijing to make a "significant contribution" to humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations to Palestinian civilians.

Though the United Nations deemed water a basic human right more than a decade ago, millions of people worldwide still don’t have clean water to drink