The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Liz Truss has been named the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and will fly to Balmoral to meet the Queen. Between Cabinet reshuffles, PMQs and energy bills help we look at what the coming days have in store

Campaigners criticise failure of UN report to label China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities genocide

The United Nations said “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of…

The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region

Famine will occur in parts of Somalia between October and December, the United Nations warned on Monday, as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs.

Officials say four planes carrying aid for Pakistani flood victims from the UN refugee are arriving in this impoverished Islamic nation

(This September 5 story officially corrects paragraph 9 to 100,000 pregnant women, not 400,000, following correction by health department to its data)

Iran is seeking the closure of the UN nuclear agency's investigation of its nuclear activities among other guarantees, in order to revive the country's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a senior Iranian official said on Monday. "An end to the agency's probes is part of the guarantees that we…

The Saudi Yanbu Industrial City has been recognized as a global learning city by UN's top cultural body for its commitment to lifelong learning for its residents and for introducing policies that promote inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable development, the Saudi Press Agency reported Monday. The UN Educational, Scientific and…