The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The European Union has agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation

The vote marks Australia’s return to the position for the first time in more than two decades

The Australian government backed a resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories.

The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency is calling for “ruthlessness” when prioritizing how it spends money

Syria’s second largest city braces for possibility of president Bashar al-Assad revisiting brutal tactics used in civil war

Frustration at a lack of progress on a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine and the need for momentum toward peace drove an Australian policy shift.

The Associated Press has learned that a United Nations watchdog has been selected to lead an external probe into allegations of sexual misconduct against the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Over 1.5 million children are out of school as gangs continue to recruit minors and hunger worsens in the country

Since Hamas launched its unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, international links to the militant group have been placed under scrutiny. Some nations have tried to lessen or hide their previous relationships, or have acted to leverage their links to assist with diplomacy. Malaysia’s prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on the…

Syrian state media says government troops are in fierce battles with opposition groups in Hama province.

The United Nations warned Tuesday that already unprecedented levels of forced displacement are set to worsen in 2025 as conflicts and disasters push ever more people to flee their homes.