The Latest Breaking News from The United Nations

UN dismisses staff linked to Hamas attack on Israel, faces funding challenges. Israel calls for halting UNRWA funding amid allegations of supporting terrorism.

The United Nations said Monday that nine employees of its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) "may have been involved" in the October 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas, which sparked war in Gaza, and have been fired.

A rocket fired from Lebanon struck a football pitch and killed at least 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel's army said, claiming the rocket was fired by Hezbollah, who denied any connection to the incident. Also on Saturday, an Israeli air strike hit a school…

‘About 182,000 people’ displaced from central and eastern Khan Younis from Monday – Thursday, UN OCHA says.

The Charaideo Moidam royal burial complex and shrines, built by northeast India’s Ahom dynasty, has been inscribed as a new World Heritage Site, the United Nations’ cultural agency

The NGO Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to extend the arms embargo on Darfur to the rest of Sudan.

The United Nations’ cultural agency has decided against putting the Buddhist pilgrimage destination of Lumbini on its list of heritage sites in danger, instead giving authorities in Nepal more time to help restore the famous gardens and temple that are falling into disrepair

The death toll from landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia has risen to 257, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that the number of victims could soar to up to 500.

The United Nations’ cultural agency is recommending that Laos invite a monitoring mission to the historic city of Luang Prabang