The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…

Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future of civic freedoms in the country.

The unemployment rate in the city jumped from 14% to 65%

From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrapped

The announcement comes just days after Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman decided to jump into the race.

The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa

It’s been a grim week at the end of a tough year for the United Nations: Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan

Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergency

The UN Security Council will meet next week at the request of the Venezuelan regime to discuss the "ongoing U.S. aggression."

Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected an appeal by Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro for Colombia's military to join forces with the neighboring country, saying Maduro "has no right to give orders to the military."

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is ending her campaign for New York governor and will retire from the House at the end of her current term.