Thirteen months since armed gangs stormed the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in protest of the then Prime ...

Global health has improved significantly over the past 30 years thanks to advances in disease control, public safety, nutrition, personal hygiene and medical therapies. Progress towards universal ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$4 million contribution from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to develop a rice value chain, enabling communities to access ...

UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen emphasizes the urgent need for multilateral action to tackle climate change, ...

The UNDP’s The Case for Nature urges a transformative shift in global development, placing nature at the heart of economic ...

The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the rights of older people is a landmark victory ...

After nearly two years of extended warfare and protracted crises as a result of the Sudanese Civil War, Sudan remains the world's biggest internal displacement crisis. According to the United Nations ...

The Pentagon has sent six of its B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean—within striking distance of Iran—or ...

Anxious residents rushed to obtain bags of flour as the United Nations warned that Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries ...

When a crisis erupts and people are forced to flee their homes, UNHCR is there to provide safety and life-saving assistance. This is how we do it.

Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said ...