The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The UK government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (legacy and reconciliation) bill – which has faced near universal opposition in Northern Ireland – has passed the House of Commons. The Commons rejected the latest Lords’ amendments, paving the way for the controversial bill to receive royal assent and become law in the…

The leaders of Russia and Mali have agreed the political crisis in Niger should be resolved using diplomacy and not force. Meanwhile France has rejected accusations by Niger's coup leaders that it's planning a military intervention.

‘We feel like foreigners in our own home’ says activist as city’s population dwarfed by visitors

Fighting has intensified in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp claiming the life of another person as stray bullets and shells hit residential areas in the country's third-largest city

Here are some organisations that are collecting donations to help the people of Morocco.

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday issued a grim warning about the “environmental horror” being suffered by countries on the frontlines of climate change – adding that food insecurity and human rights crises were now a lethal reality.

As Yunus faces corruption and labour law charges, global figures say country’s only Nobel winner is being ‘persecuted’.

The U.N. human rights chief has called for an “urgent reversal” of military takeovers and return to civilian rule in African countries where coups have driven out elected leaders

Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters are battling to reach remote mountain towns devastated by a monstrous earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people

Local volunteers, soldiers, doctors and aid workers are racing to reach affected areas high in the Atlas Mountains.

West fears North Korea plans to supply Moscow with weapons to use in war against Ukraine