A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, the first recorded human case of the disease.

With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries “must pull out all the stops” and ...

The deadly flash flood that tore through Nepal in August is a “defining moment” for both the country and the international ...

The UN said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by intensifying violence in the occupied West Bank, as Israel moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday strongly condemned an escalation in drone strikes across Sudan this month, which killed at least 306 people and injured hundreds more in the first three ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting Nigeria following confirmation of the first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus ...

Talks to halt the fighting in Sudan and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there continued in Geneva on Wednesday, where ...

A new Kenyan initiative is helping farmers better understand their soils in a bid to improve crop yields amid intensifying ...

The United Nations celebrates its 81st anniversary on Saturday, highlighting more than eight decades of work to advance peace, human rights and development around the world.

More than a quarter of humanity struggles to get enough food, even though the world produces enough for everyone, UN human ...

Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza over the weekend killed at least six Palestinians, including children, despite a year-old ...

Kenya recorded its first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus when a local man who had been working in the Democratic Republic of ...