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From the world stage of the United Nations to an inner-city school, Pope Francis is emphasizing themes that have shaped his popular papacy as he packs in encounters with the ...

With dozens of Russian combat jets and helicopter gunships lined up at an air base in Syria, Russian ...

Iran said Monday it has given samples to the U.N. nuclear agency collected by its own experts at ...

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear test ban treaty organization says Iran should follow up on its historic ...

The U.N. chief is taking aim at sexual abuse by peacekeepers, calling it "one of my greatest disappointments" ...

United Nations staff turned up a case of sexual abuse of a girl by a French soldier in ...

Fighting resumed in parts of South Sudan between government troops and rebel forces, two days after the president ...

A series of attacks that killed at least 44 people and wounded over 300 in one day has ...

The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees says a $101 million funding gap could keep 500,000 Palestinian students out ...

The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers

More than 4 million Syrians have fled abroad since the 2011 outbreak of civil war, the largest number ...

The U.N.'s top human rights body backed calls Friday for accountability in last year's conflict in Gaza, in ...

At least 29 people have died in South Sudan's latest cholera outbreak, the U.N. children's agency said Friday

The head of the U.N. agency tasked with monitoring any Iran nuclear deal is suggesting that a meeting ...

A United Nations report into the 2014 Gaza war has found that Israel and the Palestinians may have ...

Syria overtook Afghanistan to become the world's biggest source of refugees last year, while the number of people ...

GENEVA—U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Monday for a halt to fighting in Yemen at the beginning of Ramadan, ...

SANAA, Yemen—A plane meant to carry Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies to talks in Geneva left Sanaa ...

Has the United Nations gone down the international gutter as one of the most corrupt organizations in the ...

Kenya has set a goal to get 100,000 Somali refugees to return home voluntarily by the end of ...

More than 2.2 million people have fled their homes in eastern Ukraine since the war between government forces ...

SANAA, Yemen—Yemen's internationally-recognized prime minister said on Monday that upcoming United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Geneva are aimed ...

Pakistan ganged up with China to shut the door on two African NGOs at the UN Human Rights ...

BRUSSELS—The United Nations is appealing for almost half a billion dollars in urgent aid to provide humanitarian assistance ...

Bringing to justice those responsible for genocide in Cambodia is running into a roadblock, as a Cambodian government ...

One year ago, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry released a damning indictment of human rights abuses in ...

The higher levels of heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels are one feature of what many call the ...