UN: 500,000 Malnourished Children Around Lake Chad Risk Dying
Nearly a decade after the insurgency by Boko Haram jihadists plunged first Nigeria and later its neighbours into chaos, the ...
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UN: World is Choking on Plastic Amid Growing Environmental Crisis
The U.N. warned at current levels the earth could be awash with 12 billion tonnes of plastic trash by the ...
UN: Aid Budget for Syrian Refugees is Four-Fifths Short of Goal
Donors at an April conference in Brussels pledged some $4.4 billion to help civilians affected by Syria's devastating seven-year war, ...
UN Votes to Send International War Crimes Probe to Gaza
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Friday to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly ...
War Crimes Judges to Hold Closed Talks on Rohingya Crisis
War crimes judges will hold closed-door talks next month to discuss whether to allow the launch of a probe into ...
UN: Nepalese Peacekeepers Behind Child Rape in South Sudan
U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal are facing allegations of child rape in South Sudan, the U.N. spokesman said Monday, describing the ...
UN Chief Urges Restraint After Strikes on Syria
UN Chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for restraint and for countries to avoid any acts that could escalate the ...
UN Conducts First Aid Mission to Syria’s Raqqa Since ISIS Defeat
The United Nations said on Wednesday that it has conducted its first humanitarian mission to Raqqa since the Syrian city ...
UN Gathers ‘Unprecedented’ Amount of Data in Syria War Crime Probe
U.N. investigators said on Tuesday they had begun sifting through "unprecedented" amounts of information related to horrific crimes committed in ...
UN: Rights of ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ Abused in Turkey
The protracted state of emergency in Turkey has caused serious human rights abuses against "hundreds of thousands of people."
Syrian Troops, Rebels Used Rape Against Civilians, UN Finds
Syrian troops and government-linked militia have systematically raped and sexually abused civilians, according to a U.N.-backed report.
UNICEF: India Leads Global Decline in Child Marriages
A significant drop in Indian girls being forced into marriage has led a global decline in the number of child ...
640 Civilians Dead as Syria’s Forces Advance in Ghouta
Since February 18, the Syrian regime forces killed more than 640 civilians -- including over 150 children -- in bombardment ...
Half of South Sudanese Experience Extreme Hunger
Nearly half of the population in war-torn South Sudan is experiencing extreme hunger, with many more set to run out ...
UN Urges Prosecutions for War Crimes in South Sudan
A U.N. rights commission in South Sudan said Friday there was sufficient evidence to charge at least 41 senior officers ...
UN Warns Situation in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta ‘Out of Control’
Air strikes hit Syria's Eastern Ghouta for a third straight day on Tuesday, bringing the civilian death toll to nearly ...
People in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta Flee Homes as Ground Assault Looms
People are trying to flee most dangerous parts of Eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held enclave near the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Bangladesh Authorities: UN to Take Part in Rohingya Repatriation
The United Nations will be involved in the controversial process of returning Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, a minister ...
UN Seeks to Resettle Rohingya Refugees Endangered by Floods, Landslides
UNHCR has identified almost 400 Rohingya households that are currently most at risk of being swept away by floods and landslides ...
UN: Violence in Yemen Displaces 85,000 People in 10 Weeks
Surging violence across Yemen had pushed some 85,000 people from their homes in the past 10 weeks, the UN Refugee ...
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