More UN convoys packed with food and other aid for 110,000 people headed Thursday for several besieged areas in Syria
International Commission of Inquiry on Syria accuses militant group of seeking to destroy the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq by subjecting them to horrific atrocities
Director of UN agency's climate research program says global levels of carbon dioxide — main gas that leads to global warming — have never been higher
In central and southern parts of Mozambique, an estimated 1.5 million people are under strain of El Nino-induced drought, which has been developing for months
The UN's human rights chief said the ease with which criminals, drug users, the mentally ill and extremists can buy high-powered weapons in US defies reason
Nine of 10 refugee and migrant children entering Europe through Italy are without guardians
One in 23 migrants died this year trying to reach Europe by sea
Deploring world-wide downward trends, UN high commissioner says human rights are not costly, they are precious
To mark this year’s World Day Against Child Labor, panel of experts focused on abusive and widespread practice of child labor in international supply chains
UN needs $670 million to assist tens of thousands of refugees and migrants in Greece
Figures released amid international firestorm regarding Saudi Arabia’s responsibility for high number of civilian casualties in Yemen
UN says Syrian government has given approval for delivery of humanitarian assistance to 15 of 17 besieged areas, but it cautions approval does not mean delivery
UNICEF concerned, wants authorites to respect children's rights
Report by UN human rights commission of inquiry calls country an authoritarian state, with no independent judiciary, assembly, democratic institutions
Attacks since Friday in southeast region of Diffa have displaced an estimated 50,000 people, UN refugee agency reports
Senior UN official warns that growing sense of global inequality accompanied by low productivity gains and wages is stiffening resistance to international trade
Plan would have seen people in wealthy nation of 8 million receive about $2,560 per month - enough to cover their basic needs
While active fighting has decreased, UN says cites credible reports of increased movement of Russian servicemen, heavy weapons near contact line bordering Donetsk
Sudanese Women, children make up 90 percent of refugees fleeing to South Sudan as war intensifies in South Kordofan province, UN says
While all eyes are on tragic events in Syria, the UN says the humanitarian situation for some 22 million Yemenis is becoming increasingly dire
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