The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Wednesday hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. In the occupied West Bank, an Israeli soldier was killed Wednesday when the driver of "a Palestinian truck"…

Hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes around Gaza killed at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, when they hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes

Human Rights Watch is calling on governments in Latin America to improve protection schemes for millions of people from Venezuela and Haiti who have struggled to get work, education and health care in their host countries and are increasingly heading to the United States

Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked and turned for help to his foe in the West

Conservationists and botanists express concern over plans for Qatari-funded upscale resort on Assomption Island

It’s now very likely Australia will be announced as the host of the COP31 global climate talks in 2026 alongside Pacific nations. This would be a very big deal. The talks run for a fortnight and draw tens of thousands of delegates. It would be the largest diplomatic summit Australia…

Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence

Lebanese politician recognised for his probity and integrity who served as his country’s president four times

Israel says it targeted senior Hamas militants with precise munitions