When people think of the world’s deadliest threats, armed conflicts usually come to mind first. Yet every year, organized ...

As Uganda works to contain an Ebola outbreak that is also affecting neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

Described as “sometimes modest, sometimes historic,” UN special political missions have quietly been preventing the ...

The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery ...

In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days ...

The 15-member Security Council is meeting in emergency session on Thursday morning to address the escalating tensions in the ...

Today, it can write computer code, analyse vast amounts of data, create realistic images and videos, help scientists discover ...

The United Nations has overhauled a decades-old “Kafkaesque financial rule” that requires it to return unspent funds to ...

With another weekend of strikes involving the United States and Iran, renewed diplomatic efforts on Monday have eased ...

Some 680,000 children are among the 1.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance following the earthquakes that ...

Missile and drone attacks killed at least a dozen civilians in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend as both countries continue ...

Drone attacks by advancing rebel fighters who are besieging El Obeid, Sudan, continue to result in civilian casualties, ...