United Nations

Despite international commitments to end child marriage, one in three girls in developing countries (excluding China) will be married before they turn 18 by 2030.

Some 37,000 girls under the age of 18 who are forced into childhood marriage every day, frequently with ...

The U.N. has been pressuring the United States to hand over control of global telecommunications, but Washington is ...

The international community is making “good progress” and moving in the “right direction” in terms of reducing greenhouse ...

The U.N. Security Council and larger international community must find a way to prevent outdated concepts of national ...

Peru is now the second leading producer of coca, the main precursor plant in making cocaine, according to ...

The petition called on the U.S. government to call China to account for longstanding allegations of organ harvesting ...

In his speech to the United Nations Tuesday, President Obama focused on the turmoil in the Middle East ...

Allegations and evidence that the Chinese communist regime has for years harvested the organs from religious prisoners, on ...

The United Nations commission tasked with investigating the crisis in Syria announced Monday that there is an alarming ...

The United Nations urged member states Monday to increase efforts to curb trade in illegal arms and light ...

Syrian rebels claimed responsibility for a series of deadly blasts that hit central Damascus near a hotel being ...

A government attack on a village in Syria which left hundreds dead was targeting the homes of rebels, ...

July 11, World Population Day, puts an emphasis on celebrating our achievements and planning for the future. To ...

South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, marked its first year of independence from Sudan Monday, but the sub-Saharan ...

Proponents of the treaty have said that ongoing conflicts in Syria, Mali, Sudan, and recently, Libya, are fueled ...

The United Nations cultural arm on Saturday added seven new sites to its World Heritage list in Iran, ...

When world leaders sign the final text of the Rio+20 Earth Summit Friday, they will be signing off ...

Russia is sending a navy warship and marines to Syria and will set sail for the restive country ...

United Nations observers have entered the war-torn town of Haffa, describing the area as largely deserted and reeking ...

Next week’s Rio+20 summit in Brazil is meant to pave the way to a sustainable future via building ...

The European Parliament adopted a resolution Wednesday calling on United Nations member states to publicly disclose all arms ...

A United Nations report said that humanity's current path is not sustainable, pointing out the decline in fish ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied his government was behind the massacre in Houla where more than 100 people ...

Syria categorically denied responsibility for a massacre that took place in the central area of Houla that killed ...

Sudan released four foreigners who were captured last month in the disputed Heglig region, it was reported on ...

The son of ex-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi refused to appoint a lawyer in his defense.