Some 26,500 South Sudanese, mostly women and children, have crossed into Uganda since fighting between rival forces erupted in and around the capital, Juba, on 7 July, the United Nations... read more →
With more than 30,000 foreign terrorist fighters from some 100 countries around the world, terrorism is a global threat requiring a comprehensive and unified response, a top United Nations counter-terrorism... read more →
Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the 15-year undertaking is “off to a good start” but... read more →
More than 18,000 global leaders, scientists, advocates, and frontline health workers gathered yesterday in Durban, South Africa, for a United Nations-cosponsored international conference on AIDS, to advance knowledge about HIV... read more →
From a national park to a fossil site and a naval dockyard, the United Nations cultural agency yesterday inscribed 12 new sites of special cultural or physical significance on its... read more →
Some 263 million children and youth are out of school, according to new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). This is equivalent to about a quarter of the... read more →
Recent victories against ISIL show that Iraqis are capable of defeating the extremist group, but sustainable peace and security in Iraq can only be achieved through historic reconciliation, the United... read more →
The European Union’s leadership has proposed “strict” new EU-wide asylum rule to deter unfounded claims. Some asylum seekers will have as little as a week to lodge an appeal against... read more →
Israel's Knesset voted in favor of the so-called "NGO bill" late Monday, after holding a marathon debate over whether to grant final approval to the contentious bill, despite massive criticism... read more →
South Sudanese forces struck two United Nations compounds as clashes between two factions, shattering a fragile peace agreement that was meant to end a bloody, 31-month civil war. The United Nations... read more →