The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

A dam near Sudan’s Red Sea coast collapsed on Sunday and has claimed at least 30 lives, according to the United Nations. The surging waters devastated at least 20 villages. The dam, in a remote area 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Port Sudan, supplied drinking water to the Red…

Essential survey shows criticism of refugee policy is chiming with Australians; Kimberley spot sees temperature of 41.6C

A top UN official tells reporters the repeated evacuation orders have upended the organisation’s aid operations.

‘The space to operate is being restricted more and more than ever,’ senior UN official warns

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities responded on Monday to criticism of recently codified morality rules, saying rejecting the legislation without understanding Islamic law showed "arrogance".

Rival governments have been fighting for days over the central bank’s leadership, threatening a UN-brokered peace deal.

The Taliban has rejected concerns and criticism from the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws which include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is ‘deeply concerned’ by the situation

New vice and virtue restrictions offer ‘a distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future’, says UN

Sixty global organisations have called for urgent action against Israel over ‘unprecedented’ media freedom violations.

The U.N. health agency has launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission