The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The world's population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the UN forecast Monday in a report that said India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. That overall population milestone "is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet…

A new law designed to improve oversight of the agencies charged with protecting children and young people is making its way through parliament. As it stands, there are serious concerns about how effective it will be once enacted.

Kiribati has announced it will push ahead with its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum, delivering a damaging blow to the regional body on the eve of its most important meeting in years.

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek says she would be ‘carefully considering’ projects referred under EPBC Act

Prime minister as well as Rajapaksa will step down after months of protests culminated in attacks on their homes

Lack of agreement regarding humanitarian aid deliveries likely to affect over four million citizens in northwest Syria.

Iran says it has begun enriching uranium up to 20% using sophisticated centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear plant, state TV reported, an escalation that comes amid a standoff with the West over its tattered atomic deal

NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of India slamming Germany's criticism over fact-checker Mohammed Zubair's case, former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said the government must ensure that there is no reason for an adverse opinion and "show the best side of us" rather than adopting a "touch-me-not" attitude.

He asked why PM Modi, who is ‘fond of speaking on everything’, does not talk about unity

Libya’s Fathi Bashagha, appointed as prime minister in a challenge to a unity government in Tripoli, plans to take office in the capital “in the coming days,” he said. Libya’s parliament picked the former interior minister in February to lead a government to replace that of interim Premier Abdul Hamid…

A new UN report finds Ukraine's armed forces hold a large share of the blame for an attack on a nursing home that left vulnerable residents trapped in the firing line.