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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is encourages Americans to develop new insect markets and to farm and eat insects as a protein source, according to ...

She has not yet been fully confirmed, but the Senate Foreign Relations Committee appeared to clear the way ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday that people should not waste food.

The French foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on June 4 that an analysis by a lab in France ...

There has been no decrease in the number of transplants, and no other explanation of sources offered by ...

Microfinance was born in India and is growing as a high-demand business model in the nation.

The arbitrary seizure of the Falkland Islands by the United Kingdom has never been recognized by Argentina. International ...

The issue of education was a recurring one during the discussion. In particular, the focus was on the ...

North Korea threatens 'pre-emptive' nuclear attack in response to UN sanctions.

On a regular supply mission in Al Jamlah, Syria, on Wednesday, 21 U.N. Peacekeepers were kidnapped by about ...

An independent United Nations panel has identified individuals suspected of carrying out war crimes in Syria and suggested ...

The United Nations reported Wednesday that the death toll in Syria is nearing 70,000, nearly two years after ...

North Korea carried out its third nuclear test on Tuesday, saying that it was in response to what ...

The United Nations said Thursday the Syrian conflict has become increasingly sectarian, with rampant rights abuses by both ...

The United Nations Population Fund says an estimated 222 million women lack access to family planning information and ...

The United Nations reported a more than 50 percent drop in new HIV infections across two dozen countries--most ...

As the sixth day of fighting between Israel and Hamas draws to a close, a special group of ...

Well-armed rebels are advancing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and are threatening to take ...

Sunday, Nov. 18, is United Nations Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

U.N. officials want the Iranian government to provide answers for the death of a blogger while in custody. ...

The $60 billion international arms trade is unregulated. After years of talks, the U.N. set a date last ...

The Irish government has been urged to ask the UN Human Rights Council to send an independent team ...

An internal United Nations report said that it failed to protect civilians during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war.

The United Nations Human Rights Council was criticized Monday for electing members not meeting membership standards.

An U.N. resolution to abolish capital punishment will be voted on in December. South Sudan’s justice system is ...

Australia has been elected to the 15-member United Nations Security Council, as have Rwanda and Argentina, as voting ...

The joint United Nations-Arab League envoy called on the Syrian regime and rebels to carry out a ceasefire ...