The world has experienced a "decade of deadly heat", the head of the UN says, as he urged countries to "exit this road to ruin". UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the top ten hottest ...

The U.N. Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the Islamist armed group al-Shabab, with the soldiers due to deploy in ...

NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council authorized an African Union stabilisation and support mission in Somalia - known as AUSSOM - on Friday that will replace a larger ...

“The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are our shared vision of humanity and a social contract between the world's leaders and the people,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Climate change is set to cause frequent flooding, rising sea levels, major loss of glaciers and thawing of permafrost, a UN science panel warned in a report issued Wednesday. The consequences ...

A 360-degree mini documentary produced by six students from different disciplines at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will be screened during the UN General Assembly at the United Nations from ...

In Camille Revillet's class, her four-year-olds are working on a math worksheet, counting boxes and drawing a line to the correct number. Revillet asks a little girl, “C’est où les deux?” ...

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The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the deadly escalation between Yemen and Israel, following Israeli airstrikes that reportedly killed at least three people, injured dozens, and struck ...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria continues to uphold the need for a Syrian-led transition in his ongoing talks on the way forward for the country. Geir Pedersen has been meeting with French, German and ...

The founding document of the United Nations, the UN Charter, was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco.