The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

UN and United States call for investigation into fatal shooting of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces

MI6 chief and CIA director said the two agencies have ‘exploited our intelligence channels to push hard for restraint and de-escalation’

The U.N. independent investigator on the right to food accused Israel of carrying out a “starvation campaign” against Palestinians in Gaza

A Turkish-American woman was shot dead Friday while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, where the army acknowledged opening fire.

Government and paramilitary forces responsible for rape, violence and torture, according to civilian interviews

U.N. experts call for urgent action to protect civilians in Sudan amid ongoing conflict and human rights violations.

Surging anti-Semitism since Hamas's October 7 attack sparked the war in Gaza recalls the run-up to World War II, with fear spreading through Jewish communities worldwide, top European and US envoys warned this week.

Post-Covid hunger for travel is taking a heavy toll on the environment amid race to net zero, say experts

Former prime minister Theresa May announced a public inquiry into the Grenfell fire just 24 hours after the tragedy in June 2017. That the project was set in motion while emergency services were still at the scene underlined a broad sense of shock and disbelief that a catastrophe of such…