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

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

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

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

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

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

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 has condemned Madagascar’s military takeover, calling for the immediate restoration of constitutional order following ...

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

A severe funding shortfall is threatening to cripple UN peacekeeping operations worldwide, with the Organization warning that ...

The Security Council on Friday welcomed Lebanese Government efforts to exercise full national sovereignty through the ...

Nearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and traditionally broadcast radio ...