The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Three weeks ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

Multiple sources tell The Independent that while an agreement has not been reached, talks for an Israel-Hamas deal involving between 50 and 75 hostages could be concluded by early next week

Talk of a possible deal comes as Palestinian health officials say Israeli fire hit another hospital in Gaza, and dozens of premature infants from Al-Shifa hospital are evacuated to Egypt.

Children in French overseas territories lack the access to healthcare, housing and education that kids in mainland France can rely on, a new report by Unicef highlights. The UN children's agency is calling on the French government to address what it calls "alarming inequalities" and protect basic rights across the…

Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Global Food Security Summit ‘no parent should ever have to watch their child starve’.

Residents of Brazil’s poorest neighbourhoods say they see their struggles reflected in Israel’s treatment of Gaza.

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold

Global emissions of greenhouse gases are rising, according to an annual accounting by the United Nations. It warns development of new oil, gas and coal is incompatible with meeting climate targets.

‘We must start setting records on cutting emissions,’ UN boss says after temperature records obliterated in 2023

The latest Middle East war could help Russia escape punishment for aggression and war crimes in Ukraine, say experts.