The Latest Breaking News from The United Nations

Traumatized survivors of Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide are hesitating to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk trigging another landslide

Military says it has had gained ‘operational’ control over the 14km-long Philadelpi corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border

The UN peacekeeping chief says deep divisions especially among the world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations move from conflict to peace

Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel, a diplomatic source told AFP Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries over Israel's war in Gaza.

The move by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva comes after months of tensions caused by Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of survivors at risk from a potential second landslide in the country's highlands, while the arrival of heavy earth-moving equipment at the disaster site where hundreds are buried has been delayed

Papua New Guinea faces a monumental humanitarian crisis after a devastating landslide in Yambali village, requiring swift international aid and expert assi...

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster

A report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels

Number of people believed to have been killed has risen sharply from earlier estimates of about 670

Norway has handed over papers to the Palestinian prime minister in the latest step toward recognizing a Palestinian state