The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Modern slavery remains a significant concern in Australia, with those facing barriers to recourse and justice at a heightened risk of exploitation.

The justice committee says ministers ‘may have misunderstood’ their advice and urged them to look again at establishing a resentencing committee for thousands of IPP prisoners

Insurgents had recaptured territory around Syria’s second city with civilians including children killed in fighting

Two children and a woman have been crushed to death as a crowd of Palestinians pushed to get bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip amid a worsening food crisis in the war-ravaged territory

El Salvador and Bhutan are making headlines in recent months as their Bitcoin strategies have paid off significantly with $BTC's price surge since the 2024 U.S. elections – what brought these two small countries to the spotlight?

Talks held in Geneva as Iran looks to avoid potential snapback of UN sanctions over nuclear programme

Mozambican security forces have been accused of using excessive force to suppress anti-government protests following disputed October elections. At least two people have died, with the UN calling for an investigation into an incident where a military vehicle struck a woman during protests in the capital Maputo.

The State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 146 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members.

Environmentalists say presence of lobbyists at negotiations ‘is like letting foxes guard the henhouse’

Recent attack on trucks carrying flour has deprived starving civilians of food as territory teeters on edge of famine

The world's top court will next week start unprecedented hearings aimed at finding a "legal blueprint" for how countries should protect the environment from damaging greenhouse gases -- and what the consequences are if they do not.