October 11th marks the United Nations initiative: International Day of the Girl Child which strives to address the challenges that girls face by breaking down stereotypes, pushing gender boundaries for changes in inequality, technology, education, and leadership...
The Syrian Constitutional Committee, which opened its first session in nine months in Geneva on Monday (August 24), is "currently on hold" after three members tested positive for COVID-19, a U.N. statement said.
The...
"I can't say anything right now more than this, except that we are trying and mediating," Khan told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
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The Libyan navy said it had rescued 134 people, with 115 missing, feared drowned. It said about 250 people were on board the ship, when it capsized off the coast near Khoms, east of the capital Tripoli. Most are...
The four-year war between the Iran-aligned Houthi movement and a Saudi-backed coalition supporting the Yemeni government has killed many tens of thousands of people and left millions on the brink of famine.
"I believe that this war in Yemen is...
Deputy U.N. spokesman, Farhan Haq, in a statement read of behalf of the Guterres, said "The Secretary-General stresses the need to respect the rights and duties related to navigation through the strait and its adjacent waters in accordance with...
The court ordered Pakistan to review the death penalty given in 2017 to Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav who was convicted of being a spy.
The 16-judge panel said Pakistan has to provide an "effective review" of the case and added that...
