Prescription drug called naloxone can save lives of people who overdose on heroin and other opioids
The world body is appealing for $173 million to help displaced people in Iraq withstand the coming winter
'I Belong' campaign aims to lift millions of people out of legal limbo in which they live because they have no nationality and are deprived of all rights of citizenship
UN says war-torn country is still experiencing huge humanitarian emergency and displacement crisis
Officials say current Ebola outbreak shows choice of PPE is much less important than the way it is used
Sweden's recognition of Palestinian State Thursday adds to strain after police shoot, kill suspect who allegedly ambushed Israeli activist
Official cites possible 25% drop but says ‘this is no time to let up’ on fighting outbreak
Refugee agency is urging Spain not to legalize automatic returns of people trying to cross into its enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, located in North Africa
2.6 million children have sunk below poverty line between 2008 and 2012 in developed world, bringing total number to around 76.5 million
Kurdistan currently is hosting 850,000 of the 1.8 million people who have fled attacks from the Islamic State group; about half of the displaced are children
UNHCR says urgent action is needed to help protect them
Official says rape used as a weapon of war in conflict between government SPLA and opposition forces in South Sudan
Experts say bans on travel and trade with countries where virus is wreaking the greatest havoc will not stop spread of disease
Urgent action called for to stop multi-drug resistant tuberculosis as new estimates show 9 million people developed tuberculosis last year, and 1.5 million died
Top UN officials says dramatic rise in global conflicts, numbers of people affected by them straining both public, private aid resources
The report describes what it calls a staggering array of widespread, systematic violations in Iraq committed by IS militants, including attacks directly targeting civilians, infrastructure, and executions
At annual refugee conference, secretary-general warns that world body has limited resources to handle growing number of global crises
UNICEF report says 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone have lost at least one parent since virus broke out late last year
International group says more than 40,000 migrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty have died since 2000 in dangerous journeys across land, sea
Destruction in this latest conflict far exceeds that which occurred in the two previous wars between Israel and Hamas
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