The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The longer the International community looks at the wrong direction, the more Sudan bleeds, Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi writes in an opinion article for Euronews.

Discover the real reason The Winds of Winter is delayed. George R. R. Martin confesses his struggle to juggle 'a bunch of balls'—hundreds of plotlines and POV characters—a complexity he says could 'break' the novel.

The US State Department has announced it will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day with public messaging. This ends a decades-long tradition of raising awareness on 1 December.

UN planetary defenses target the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in a massive drill. Stunning amateur images of the alleged 'alien craft' outshine NASA's blurry photos, fueling a massive global debate.

Observers from West Africa's Ecowas bloc and the African Union have expressed concern over Wednesday's military coup in Guinea-Bissau and the arrest of election officials, a joint statement from the organisations said.

While fewer women than men are incarcerated, their numbers are rising faster and most often for non-violent offences

Number of women incarcerated around the world rising at nearly three times the rate of men, with female prisoners often subjected to sexual violence and forced labour

The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacities

State Department reportedly informed employees earlier this month to refrain from commemorative messaging on World AIDS Day

At least 36 dead after fire engulfs high-rise housing blocks; US statesman urges government to use Cop leadership to seal fossil fuels deal

I was in Khartoum when the conflict started. Armed soldiers of Arabs came to our house and they wanted to loot groundnuts, but my mother resisted opening the door. Immediately, one soldier shot her. I screamed but three of the soldiers surrounded me. They grabbed me and I was taken…