Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced ...

To commemorate this year’s Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, invited members of the public to write in ...

As other governments contemplate similar moves, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) cautions that age-related restrictions alone ...

Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights – especially ...

The vast majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use ...

Global temperatures rises are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the ...

Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, conflicts and ...

As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday.

In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on ...

In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on ...

From salt made by hand on a Philippine island, to ceremonial dances in Kenya and ancient textile traditions in Belarus, the ...

The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound in East Jerusalem early on ...