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The United Nations said Monday that up to two million people in Pakistan are again at risk from flooding, partly due to lack of...

Jazz musician Herbie Hancock was appointed a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, pledging to use music to cross cultural boundaries and promote literacy and creativity among...

The United Nations Friday shrugged off a claim by Qaeda-inspired insurgents that a ban on foreign aid groups remained in force in famine-hit Somalia,...

Climate change is generating an “unholy brew” of extreme weather events that threaten global security, the UN chief said Wednesday as the Security Council...

The UN officially declared famine in two parts of southern Somalia Wednesday as the world slowly mobilised to save the 12 million people battling...

The Arab League will submit to the United Nations a request for recognition of a Palestinian state, Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said on Thursday...

The number of civilians killed in the Afghan war during the first six months of 2011 rose 15 percent on a year earlier, the...

Western governments ratcheted up the pressure for UN Security Council action against Syria on Wednesday with France branding blocking moves by China and Russia...

The intensive six-year campaign by India and three other aspirants for permanent seats on the UN Security Council— Brazil, Germany and Japan—has fizzled out...

Fearing an acute shortage of medical and other essential supplies, Libya's rival factions are in talks with the United Nations to ease international sanctions...

Millions of people dependent on life-saving generic drugs to treat HIV/AIDS will die if India stops producing cheap drugs for the disease due to...

Guards at the UN war crimes tribunal removed Ratko Mladic from the courtroom on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb army chief harangued the...

Greatly appreciating Pakistan continuous support to the world body in many difficult areas of activities, the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon said that...

President Ali Abdullah Saleh is to speak on television within days to reassure Yemenis on his health, three weeks after being hospitalised in Riyadh...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is reducing food assistance to millions of Afghans due to a shortage of donor funds, according to...

The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape by gunmen in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen by about 70 to as...

A day after the UN General Assembly approved him for a second term as secretary-general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he would...