The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

US cuts could lead to four million AIDS-related deaths by 2029, according to UN officials.

Sheldon Whitehouse was giving his 300th climate speech to the Senate. Plus, the human chain that helped a bookstore relocate

Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a violent new wave of attacks on ships in the Red Sea, sinking two vessels and killing crew members

Sean Duffy, a lawyer and ex-congressman, is now interim NASA chief. Lacking a science background, he brings political loyalty and administrative experience.

The government has not committed to the plan in full, but the PM indicated he is open to parts of it and some components could be implemented quickly

Move against independent human rights abuses investigator represents latest US effort to punish critics of Israel’s war

Forty years ago this week, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bombs planted by French secret service operatives. The bombing, which killed photographer Fernando Pereira, was intended to halt Greenpeace’s campaign against French nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll. Instead, it galvanised the global environmental movement and left…

Boston Consulting Group questioned over involvement in establishing the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

A top European court Thursday said a Swiss court did not give double Olympic champion Caster Semenya a fair trial in a much-awaited appeals ruling over contested gender testing.