The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Unaffordable rents and property prices risk becoming a key political battleground across the continent

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Monday informed mediators Qatar and Egypt that the Palestinian group had accepted their proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel was “examining” the deal, which it said was “far” from its demands. Meanwhile Israel’s war cabinet on Monday night voted unanimously to approve a military…

The protests sweeping US universities have brought intense division, but some students have treasured hope, unity, solidarity and love

The WTA finals host revealed its commitment to women’s rights by jailing a female activist

Organisers of this year’s environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions

I travelled the country interviewing teenage boys. I found openness, thoughtfulness, honesty and vulnerability on topics from sex, to pornography, feelings and isolation

Talks to strike a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after Hamas rejected any deal that failed to end the war in the Palestinian territory and accused Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu of "personally hindering" an agreement.

With some demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza and others with Israel, students waved flags and chanted slogans

The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as "absurd" by Kigali on Saturday.