The United Nations celebrates its 81st anniversary on Saturday, highlighting more than eight decades of work to advance peace ...

The world is getting hotter. And the consequences are already being felt. From devastating floods and prolonged droughts to ...

When Tahani Al-Numeiri heard the first explosions in Khartoum, her hometown, war seemed so remote that she assumed they were celebrations from a nearby wedding. It was the morning of 15 April 2023, ...

More than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, citing particular concern for those ...

As the deadly Ebola disease outbreak reached an eighth province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), investigators pursued all leads on Thursday to assess the risk of the disease spreading ...

Nearly 40 percent of the population of Afghanistan is projected to face high levels of acute food insecurity this winter, and ...

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

Biodiversity losses continue to upend the lives of billions of people whose future prosperity depends on countries taking ...

On Monday, governments from across the world will gather in Armenia for COP17, the UN biodiversity summit, to assess progress ...

Bangladesh has earned global recognition for reducing deaths from cyclones and floods. Early warning systems, cyclone ...