Experts meeting in emergency session at World Health Organization have been unable to agree on the global health risks of new coronavirus
Long-term solution sought to alleviate the plight of tens of millions of people internally displaced by conflict and natural disasters
The WHO says human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus is limited and through close contact
International Labor Organization warns that rising unemployment and inequality are preventing people from working their way out of poverty and threatening social cohesion
Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is appealing for $375.5 million to support its efforts to promote and protect human rights in dozens of countries around the world at a time of great turbulence and erosion of fundamental rights
ICRC's survey of 16,000 millennials in 16 countries at peace and at war indicates majority is nervous about future, and a large plurality believes heightened global tensions are likely to lead to catastrophic war
The World Food Program needs $62 million to provide urgent life-saving food assistance to 700,000 people suffering from severe hunger in Haiti
There is no evidence of human-to-human spread of the new coronavirus, but this possibility cannot be ruled out: WHO
Health experts predict millions of people will die from antimicrobial resistance because new drugs to treat drug-resistant infections are not being developed
At least 40 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and scores of others wounded in the last few days
Boys and girls have been raped and sexually violated to punish, humiliate and instill fear among communities, new report by U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria says
Two of 18 Red Cross volunteers hospitalized following the attack in the DRC's Ituri province
UN monitors confirm 107 activists died in 2019, but believe the death toll could be as high as 120
Nearly 3,000 participants, including dozens of heads of state and government, will gather next week for the annual World Economic Forum at the Swiss Alpine resort
But migration officials say most are picked up at sea and end up back in Libyan detention
Anniversary comes against a backdrop of resurgent geopolitical tensions, increasing trade disputes and a 'world on fire' due to climate change
The law grants tens of thousands of people forcibly displaced by gang violence and organized crime in El Salvador protection and access to life-saving humanitarian aid
U.N. accuses members of the Lendu community of mass violations against the Hema community
Naturally occurring climate variability is playing a role in Australia's wildfires, as does climate change, the World Meteorological Organization said
Some 3 million civilians are trapped inside war-torn Idlib, unable to escape the violence as border crossings into neighboring countries are closed
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