The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The amount of carbon dioxide that can be stored underground is vastly overestimated, new research said Wednesday, challenging assumptions about the "limitless" potential this approach holds to reducing global warming.

A confidential United Nations report seen by The Associated Press says Iran further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13

The three-way partnership on show in Beijing is united in opposition to US hegemony and a western-dominated financial system, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory is among those set to contribute to the two-day event.

Sudan’s army-backed government has published a report stating that it found no evidence of chemical contamination, two months after the United States imposed sanctions over chemical weapons allegations which it denies.

A team of human rights experts is faulting the world’s nations for not doing more to ensure minimum protections of people with disabilities in Gaza, whose numbers are growing since the onset of Israel’s war in the territory nearly two years ago

Estimated 132,000 children below the age of five are projected to be at risk of death from acute malnutrition by June.

Unifil condemns ‘serious attack’ on Tuesday morning as it was clearing a road and adds that no one was hurt

Thousands of Palestinians have been killed while seeking food aid in Gaza.

The Darfur landslide adds to Sudan’s woes

Ahead of Cameroon's 12 October presidential election, the opposition remains divided, despite agreement on the need to unite behind a candidate to face off against President Paul Biya, who is seeking an eighth term. Meanwhile, the United Nations has sounded the alarm over whether tensions in the country will make…