UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday he was appalled by a wave of attacks that have killed civilians across Ukraine over the past four days.

Afghan women and girls are being arrested, detained and threatened with arrest by Taliban authorities, the UN warned on ...

Years of conflict, displacement, economic disruption and climate shocks in Myanmar have led to the “simultaneous collapse” of ...

As world leaders prepare for November’s major COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, record-breaking heat, devastating floods and ...

Older women around the world face violence, exploitation and neglect, yet remain largely invisible in the laws, policies, data and services designed to protect women overall, a UN independent human ...

The legacy of enslavement and colonialism continues to shape the lives of Africans and people of African descent, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday, calling for urgent action to ...

More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila, in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on ...

It has become difficult for Afghan journalists to obtain information from the authorities, who are permitted to use smartphones only with special authorization. This ban particularly affects women, ...

A conceptual illustration of the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly at Castel Gandolfo, where Nobel laureates, AI experts, religious leaders and civil society representatives will confront the ...

The demand for critical minerals is accelerating as world powers scramble to stay on top of emerging technologies. Meanwhile, ...

The seven candidates, still in the running for the post of UN Secretary-General (SG), have so far faced a barrage of ...

SINGAPORE, October 9 (IPS) - When governments gather in Yerevan this month for the 17th UN Convention on Biological Diversity, they will weigh a promise nearly 200 countries adopted six years ago: to ...