The Latest Breaking News from The United Nations

The pending pullout of U.N. peacekeepers from Mali is creating worries about what the withdrawal will mean for thousands of citizens who built livelihoods at and around the mission's bases

Acts such as the Qur’an burning protests were dragging Sweden into international conflicts, says Ulf Kristersson

Israel’s ambassador to the UN blasts the Security Council during its quarterly open debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there

Should smartphones be allowed in classrooms? A new report from UNESCO, the education arm of the United Nations, raises questions about the practice. Though smartphones can be used for educational purposes, the report says the devices also disrupt classroom learning, expose students to cyberbullying and can compromise students’ privacy.

There's still time to bring our outlaw country back into united community of nations confronting looming horrors

Senior member of National Security Council emphasizes ongoing US-Israel cooperation in White House briefing

The supertanker, with more than a million barrels of oil, has been deteriorating since 2015.

United States First Lady Jill Biden is in Paris to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking the United States’ official reentry into the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization after a five-year hiatus