The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Core budget to fall to $3.2bn next year and initial minimum 3,000 job cuts expected amid streamlining process

France, the UK and Canada are expected to become the first G7 countries to recognise the state of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in late September, where Australia will also announce its recognition. Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, will not be present as he is banned…

Two people were shot and killed on Thursday at an Israeli-run border crossing between the occupied West Bank and neighboring Jordan, Israeli medics said

According to the country's Interior Minister, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking

Nanoplastics penetrate natural barriers in radish roots and accumulate in both fleshy part and leaves

UN agency says aid workers ‘racing against time’ to remove rubble from mountainous region

American Express’ latest update to its high-end Platinum Card, unveiled Thursday, comes with a lot more perks and a lofty annual fee of $895

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UN officials say aid workers are still in a “race against time” to remove rubble and rebuild after a devastating earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan east last month