Damning report graphically details pattern of vicious, widespread atrocities committed by Islamist militants
An estimated 137,000 migrants have made journey this year - an 83 percent increase compared to same period last year - from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Somalia
US envoy says Obama administration wants to convey message that combating bias is core human rights issue
UN Children's Fund says continued fighting, dysfunctional health centers and power interruptions putting lives of Yemeni children at risk
UNICEF says growing violence in war-torn Iraq is putting children’s lives at risk, depriving many of schooling, health care, basic necessities
Report finds both Israel and armed Palestinian groups may have committed war crimes in last year's seven-week Gaza conflict
WHO representative says millions of internally displaced people in Iraq live in sub-standard, overcrowded, unsanitary housing that make them vulnerable to communicable diseases
UNHCR says intensified fighting has spurred displacement of more than 100,000 people during past two months, adding to those already displaced inside and outside nation
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic says monitors who recently interviewed Russian soldiers cite myriad reports of heavy weaponry, Russian fighters
UNHCR is appealing to Iraqi authorities to ease restrictions as bloody takeover by Islamic State militants ramps up
United Nations aid agencies issue warning as deadly violence sends tens of thousands fleeing
UN also reports spike in looted houses, burned shops, pillaged livestock as clashes escalate
UN agency urges member states to sign international treaty to eliminate nefarious trade
United Nations says providing emergency humanitarian aid to millions of people in Africa's Sahel region has become more complex and dangerous
ILO report says violence, occupation, continuous expansion of Israeli settlements in West Bank are taking a heavy toll on labor market
Report finds large progress in some parts of Africa, but notes that sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest prevalence of undernourishment in the world
UNHCR reports measures to control cholera in western Tanzania’s Lake Tanganyika area appear to be working
Logistics of fight are being sorted out, but financing is 'becoming the most glaring potential reason for failure,' agency executive says
Dramatic increase reported in Boko Haram extremists’ use of women and girls in attacks; UN Children's Fund fears they'll be perceived as threats, not victims
WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, says current epidemic should serve as wake-up call
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