Months before hosting the U.N.'s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial ...

Improved recognition of dementia as a major non-communicable disease by multilateral organizations is crucial, to build ...

Greta Thunberg was headed to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid when her ship was stopped by Israeli forces.

An organization backed by Israel and the United States began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May, overseeing ...

Some argue that the U.N. is outdated and should be bypassed in a multipolar world. But that would be a mistake.

Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says ...

The UN migration agency said Wednesday that eight migrants died and 22 others were missing after they were forced off a boat ...

The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and ...

The third U.N. Ocean Conference has opened as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection ...

If Mr Abu Shabab’s motives are grubby, they are at least easy to understand. He is neither an ideologue nor a do-gooder; he is a criminal. Joining forces with Israel, at a time when Israel is the only ...

The document describes oceans as facing a “global emergency,” ravaged by warming temperatures, plastic pollution, and the ...