The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Lalit Modi has been sued by ex-model Gurpreet Gill Maag, who says she invested in a company after being told the Duke of York was a patron.

Both international law and the United Nations Charter say that countries should not invade each other. But who has the ability to enforce those rules?

Charities and humanitarian organisations have launched global appeals

The Federation of Saudi Chambers signed on Thursday an agreement to host the UN Global Compact Network Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, with direct support from the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office. The agreement aims to enhance the role of the private sector and the continuity of corporate sustainable partnerships aligned…

The UN refugee agency predicts that 4m people may flee Ukraine if the situation continues to worsen. Plus, big oil is all talk and no action on clean energy

Ukraine’s leaders vow to fight on as world hits President Putin with more sanctions

Latest updates: PM also urges leaders to take ‘immediate action’ to ban Russia from Swift payment system; sending Nato forces to Ukraine would risk leading to ‘existential’ threat, says minister

Government says priority is to support British nationals and families in Ukraine first and people should go to first safe country

The Syria crisis continues unnoticed, said Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, the chemical weapons expert and an adviser to the Union of Syrian Medical Charities.