The United Nations faces a “race to bankruptcy” unless Member States pay their dues in full and on time, Secretary-General ...

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that renews sanctions in Haiti for another year as armed ...

Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s poor – 887 million people – live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless all border crossings are opened, ...

Up to 500,000 illegal weapons ranging from handguns to battlefield-grade semi-automatic rifles are thought to be in the hands ...

Talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on adopting new global rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from ...

As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts to deliver urgently needed assistance.

With the end of the year fast approaching, humanitarians are urging donors to step up support for their operations which ...

Amid the destruction of the Second World War, nations responded to the danger of hunger and malnutrition by creating the Food ...

As the disarmament team approached, combatants from the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R) armed group stood in two ...

More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, ...

Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on ...