Iraqi government and Kurdish forces, backed by US-led coalition air and ground support, have launched co-ordinated military operations in the long-awaited fight to wrest...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended a deal with the US on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, a move that comes amid escalating tensions...
The United Nations human rights office has condemned both sides fighting in Ukraine for killing civilians in indiscriminate shelling.
The report released by the UN's...
Israeli and American families of victims of Palestinian attacks have filed a US $1 billion lawsuit (£770m) against Facebook, claiming the social network is...
The UN children's fund has warned that 3.6 million Iraqi children are at "serious risk" of death, injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into...
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...