BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday (Jan 9), ending a more than two-year ...

A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors ...

United Nations: "India would again be the fastest growing large economy in the world" with a projected annual growth rate of ...

Australia has been accused of trying to “escape its human rights responsibility” after a UN committee found it was responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in Nauru.

Lancet study used data from the ministry, an online survey and social media obituaries to estimate that there were between 55 ...

Attending the UN climate (COP28) and biodiversity (COP16) conferences during the past two years, it strikes this observer ...

UNITED NATIONS - Critical supply shortages, severe access restrictions and violent armed looting are contributing to a hunger ...

Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8 percent in 2025, unchanged from last year, according to a UN report ...

North Korean troops sent to support Russia are being used as 'human mine detectors' on the frontlines of the invasion of ...

Morocco’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow by 3.2% in 2025 and 3.4% in 2026, according to a new United ...

DAMASCUS: A UN investigator expressed hope Thursday (Jan 9) of a "good relationship" with Syria's new rulers as he wrapped up ...

Calls to formally recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity increase amidst growing edicts targeting the ...