The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Nearly a week after Hamas launched a shock attack on Israel, Gaza residents are braced for a ground offensive with Israel mobilising reservists and moving military equipment to the border with Gaza. But a potential ground offensive in the besieged enclave, one of the planet's most densely populated territories, could…

Hundreds of thousands displaced as even conflict-weary Palestinians fear they are in uncharted territory

Israel and Hamas may appear intent on destroying each other - but Arabs and Jews will remain neighbours, writes Robert Fox

The 7.4-square-mile facility, costing $45 million, was built in 2005 to address the changing nature of conflict to more urban areas

A U.N. official says the eight peacekeepers have been suspended and detained in eastern Congo on allegations of sexual exploitation

U.N. officials say more than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan were women and children

A set of delicate and unwritten rules of engagement has ensured no major conflict between Israel and Hezbollah since 2006. But those rules are now being tested, Richard Hall writes.

Activists are raising concerns about Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza that killed 1,100 Palestinians.

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) says it has taken measures against eight peacekeepers suspected of "serious misconduct", adding that it "strongly condemns such behaviour".