The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Israel bombed Hezbollah's Beirut stronghold on Monday and battles raged in Lebanon's south after the Iran-backed militant group claimed 50 attacks on Israeli targets the day before.

IDF would withdraw entirely from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah pull back its heavy weapons under agreement

A final week-long round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. The ‘high ambition coalition' – which includes France – will be fighting for a legally binding framework that will definitively curtail global plastic…

Two United States senators have urged FIFA not to pick Saudi Arabia as the 2034 World Cup host next month

More than 200 members of the Irish Defence Forces returned home on Monday morning after six months serving with Unifil in southern Lebanon.

The UN Secretary-General on Monday slammed the "renewed threat" of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion.

What options are left for the refugees increasingly terrified of Israel’s war on Lebanon?

Călin Georgescu, a critic of Nato, says people have ‘cried out for peace’ after he heads into runoff with 22.9% of vote

UK energy secretary played key role in deal of $300bn for developing countries, branded a ‘betrayal’ by critics

One common goal among negotiators in Baku was preventing a second Donald Trump presidency from undermining years of careful climate discussions

This is the most lethal year to be a humanitarian worker. Of 281 aid workers killed, most have been in Palestine.