Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office ...

A veteran humanitarian has been reflecting on her work serving people worldwide as she prepares to leave the United Nations at the end of the month.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) headed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday ...

The dire conditions in the Gaza Strip are trapping children “in an endless cycle of suffering” and their heartbroken parents ...

The UN Secretary-General has expressed alarm after a drone struck a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați overnight into Friday, reportedly injuring two people.

At least 26 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday – the eve of one of the most important holidays in Islam – the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday.

The United Nations on Thursday warned of a dangerous escalation in the war in Ukraine after a wave of large-scale Russian ...

Nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year – more than double the previous year's figure – as rape, sexual slavery and abduction were deployed as weapons ...

The UN has expressed deep concern over escalating hostilities in Lebanon following intensified Israeli airstrikes in southern ...

The world is heading into another period of dangerous heat, a new UN report warns on Thursday, and it’s nearly certain global temperatures over the next five years will stay “at or near record levels” ...

There are more than 900 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 220 ...

The UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session on Ukraine, with Secretary-General António Guterres telling ambassadors following what Kyiv describes as the most devastating attack on its ...