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The United Nations humanitarian chief says a "humanitarian catastrophe" is unfolding in Yemen.

Farmers around the world are quietly preparing for a surge in demand for the lowly lentil.

SEOUL, South Korea—For North Korea's propaganda machine, the long-range rocket launch Sunday carved a glorious trail of "fascinating ...

Sweden's foreign ministry said Thursday that a U.N. advisory panel has concluded that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's has ...

The U.N. envoy for Syria on Wednesday announced a "temporary pause" in peace talks in Geneva just two ...

The Syrian government allowed aid into a rebel-held area near Damascus on Tuesday in what appeared to be ...

Syrian peace talks gained a small measure of momentum Monday with the U.N. special envoy formally declaring the ...

The World Health Organization is convening an emergency committee on Monday to decide if the Zika virus outbreak ...

Progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians requires that Israel freeze its settlement-building in the West Bank, ...

The United Nations says the number of besieged areas in Syria's conflict has risen to 18, up from ...

The invitations are sent and preparations are underway at the U.N.'s Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the ...

Lowering expectations about his ability to help end Syria's civil war, the U.N. special envoy announced talks between ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly that 15 countries including oil producer Venezuela are in arrears ...

At least 18,802 civilians were killed and another 36,245 were wounded in Iraq between the start of 2014 ...

An estimated $40 billion is needed annually to help the rapidly growing number of people needing humanitarian aid ...

The United Nations is making a $7.7 billion humanitarian funding appeal to help more than 22 million people ...

Donors have pledged $250 million to educate over one million Syrian children this year but an additional $500 ...

The number of people who migrated to foreign countries surged by 41 percent in the last 15 years ...

Aid convoys delivered long-awaited food, medicine and other supplies to three besieged communities Monday, part of a U.N.-supported ...

While the U.N. Security Council considers new sanctions on North Korea after its latest nuclear test, experts say ...

The Security Council pledged Wednesday to swiftly pursue new sanctions against North Korea, strongly condemning its latest nuclear ...

The U.N. Security Council urged the warring parties in Yemen on Tuesday to resume a ceasefire and participate ...

Located in central Africa, the small nation of Burundi is on the brink of civil war once again.

If you were to go by what's being broadly reported in the press, you'd likely get the impression ...

This has been a difficult year for humanitarian relief. Huge events have left indelible images.

Finance ministers from the 15 nations on the U.N. Security Council will meet Thursday to adopt a resolution ...

The United Nations says that 2 billion people have lifted themselves out of low human development in the ...