TRIPOLI — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced that Libya’s two rival legislative bodies have agreed to work towards resolving the central...

JUBA — At least 4,72,000 people across 26 of South Sudan’s 78 counties have been affected by flash floods caused by heavy rain, according to...

UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, his spokesman said. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the 26 August...

GENEVA — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as the death toll...

UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for safeguarding the rights of indigenous people to live in peace and dignity, in his message...

UNITED NATIONS — Discovering the poliovirus in Gaza environmental samples is deeply concerning but it’s a relief that no cases of the paralysing disease have...

UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged a renewed emphasis on a political resolution to the persistent crisis in Gaza. “We must refocus...

SEOUL — North Korea has maintained an “extensive and multilayered” system of forced labour in a bid to use it as a means of controlling...

United Nations — India has pledged to continue supporting the embattled UN agency helping Palestinians which is facing a financial crisis even as its needs...

UNITED NATIONS — The world organisation has warned of a “heightened risk of a full-scale war” along the Lebanon-Israel border where 901 Indian peacekeepers are...