UNITED NATIONS — A staggering 2 billion women and girls worldwide have no social protection, according to a report released by UN Women.  The report,...

UNITED NATIONS — A UN peacekeeping base in Lebanon came under fire from Israeli forces but Indian peacekeepers there are reported safe. However, two Indonesian...

UNITED NATIONS — Overwhelmed by intractable conflicts, the world organisation observed Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary as the International Day of Nonviolence, looking for glimmers of...

Gaza — The health and living conditions in the Gaza Strip are “inhumane,” the UN agency for Palestine refugees said. “Sanitary and living conditions across...

UNITED NATIONS — At the opening of a United Nations Security Council meeting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has made the case that “international humanitarian law...

UNITED NATIONS — The acting UN relief chief allocated $10 million in emergency funding for the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, which the local UN coordinator...

UNITED NATIONS — Lebanon violence has displaced more than 90,000 people from their homes, with 70,000 cramming into 400 schools and other sites, UN humanitarians...

UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council has met in an emergency session on Lebanon, following an uptick in cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli...

GENEVA — A profound economic destruction has gripped the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the aftermath of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, the UN Conference...

SEOUL — North Korea on Monday condemned a recent United Nations report on the alleged human rights abuses in the country and described it as...