The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

UN nuclear watchdog officials will visit Iran in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, to try to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at Iranian undeclared sites. "We hope the visit of the International Atomic Energy officials to Tehran in the coming days…

The prime minister wants to eject all who enter the UK ‘illegally’ without even giving them a hearing. That’s inhumane, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Palestinians demanded the United States on Wednesday to practice its power to ensure accountability for the killing of Palestinian teenager Jana Zakarneh, 16, during an Israeli attack in the city of Jenin. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry official, Ahmed al-Deek, said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) wants the US administration…

From the lush Amazon rainforest to the frigid Arctic Ocean, the world's landscapes — and all the wildlife they contain — are under threat, and the world needs to set aside a third of all land and sea territories to save them, U.N. experts say.

Fears an increase in allegations, particularly against mothers, of deliberately alienating a child against the other parent in domestic abuse cases may put victims at further risk

The Yemeni government renewed its call for stronger international stances against Houthi terrorism and welcomed the latest European Union statement on the coup escalation. The government issued a statement Tuesday, welcoming the European announcement to increase its humanitarian and development support and interventions for 2022 and 2023, and called on…

Humanitarian aid and support from local communities have helped avert a dreaded famine declaration in Somalia this year, but the situation remains "catastrophic," the UN said on Tuesday. The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said the latest assessment found that, technically, Somalia was not yet in the grip of full-blown…

Iran appears set to be ousted from a UN women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, but several countries are expected to abstain from the vote requested by the United States, diplomats said. The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will vote…

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa after years in which the continent took a back seat to other U.S. priorities as China made inroads with investments and trade.