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Muslim nations resolved Sunday to work with the United Nations to try to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen Afghan assets in a bid to tackle a growing humanitarian crisis.…

Yemen's seven-year-old war will have claimed 377,000 lives by the end of the year, through both direct and indirect impacts, a UN agency estimates in a report published Tuesday. Nearly 60…

More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in a "last, best hope" to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster. "It's one minute to midnight and we need to…

Pakistan Friday firmly rejected India’s claim at the United Nations that Jammu and Kashmir is its integral part, saying the Himalayan state was an internationally recognized disputed…

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday (Sep 13) urged the international community to engage with the Taliban and to provide a "lifeline" of desperately needed aid to Afghans, as the first…

President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of his exit from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” the day after the US military withdrawal celebrated by the Taliban as…

Nearly 200 nations started online negotiations Monday to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale.…

AFP: The United Nations Monday warned of the highest number of civilian deaths in a decade in Afghanistan if the current offensives mounted by the Taliban in Afghanistan are not halted.…

On 13 July 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which is the top UN platform for reviewing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda…

Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as president of war-ravaged Syria, official results showed on Thursday, despite Western accusations the polls were "neither free nor…

(AFP) -The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed an Israeli decision to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow aid into Gaza, and urged the opening of a second location to let in…

The United States on Monday blocked -- for the third time in a week -- the adoption of a joint UN Security Council statement calling for a halt to Israeli-Palestinian violence, triggering a…

Pakistan has been elected to three key United Nations bodies, reflecting international community’s recognition of the country’s positive role at the UN. The bodies are: the Commission on…

Seventeen percent of the food available to consumers worldwide in 2019 -- almost one billion tonnes -- was thrown away by households, retailers, institutions and the hospitality industry,…

The United Nations called Tuesday for urgent international regulations ensuring fair conditions for workers paid via digital platforms such as food delivery apps -- a form of employment that…