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The number of Syrian refugees stranded in a remote desert area on the Jordanian border has tripled to 12,000 since last month, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, urging Jordan ...

Once a vociferous critic of Iran's alleged work on nuclear arms, the U.S. is now joining five other ...

A mortar attack on a United Nations base in northern Mali's Kidal early Saturday killed at least three ...

The World Trade Organisation has agreed to extend a waiver that allows poor countries to copy patented medicines. ...

The climate is changing, but how can we best prepare for some of the changes ahead?

The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon (UNIFIL) has handed over a local staff member accused by Lebanon’s ...

To many, it feels as if the world is becoming a more violent place. Surprisingly, perhaps, the opposite ...

The latest on a powerful earthquake in Afghanistan felt across South Asia.

By promoting the hypothesis that humanity controls Earth’s climate, Pope Francis and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...

Two Canadian innovations were among 13 concepts on display at the United Nations in New York earlier this ...

Within the rarefied world of the United Nations system, the year 2015 will hold special historical importance.

Somalia isn’t benefiting much from Ethiopia’s “help” in fighting a war against terrorism, but Ethiopia has much to ...

NEW YORK—Banners and protesters were never too far from Chinese leader Xi Jinping while he was in Seattle ...

NYPD Commissioner William Bratton stressed that American law enforcement, specifically the NYPD, have an unprecedented security challenge later ...

UN sustainability goals should not overlook population growth centered in the poor, least developed countries.

An ambitious 17-point plan is designed to transform the way we live.

The World Health Organization says floodwaters contaminated with human or animal waste can cause infectious diseases.

The United Nations said Wednesday a growing number of women and children are getting hurt or killed in ...

On World Refugee Day this year, the U.N. highlighted the major refugee crises worldwide.

The latest projection by the United Nations that there are 60 million refugees deserves attention.

Another U.N. human rights report has been released about Israel and the human rights abuses it perpetrates in ...

Hacking Team, an Italian firm that sold spyware tools to nation-states, incurred a large data-breach over the week, ...

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

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization warns about the consequences of such a change in dietary patterns.

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

The 20th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20) that took place in Lima, Peru, in December 2014 was ...

UNITED NATIONS—French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy challenged the world at the first-ever U.N. General Assembly meeting devoted to anti-Semitism to ...