Nearly 10,000 civilians have fled eastern Aleppo, with Government forces determined to retake the entire city.
Government forces have reportedly retaken control of three key...
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on charges such as genocide and crimes...
Climate negotiators have started work on implementing the Paris Agreement on global warming amid uncertainty over how the US election will impact the landmark...
North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches will be condemned by the UN Security Council, US Ambassador Samantha Power predicted following an emergency meeting.
She told...
Three cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in Guinea Bissau.
The UN health agency said it and national authorities are investigating whether the...
The United Nations' children's agency has warned that 69 million under-fives will die from preventable causes between now and 2030 unless countries speed up...
The UN says the world should be "ashamed" after warning people in Syria are starving without medical care.
Stephen O'Brien, the UN's under secretary-general for...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made a rare appearance on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy.
It comes after launching an attack against the Government...