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The concept of a demilitarization zone, like the one planned for Idlib, goes back almost a half-millennium to Europe's rules on demolishing forts or prohibiting their reconstruction.
The World Trade Organization is under mounting pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to justify its global rules, dispute forum and even its existence.
The U.N. secretary-general demanded that nations act far faster and more decisively to combat the climate crisis.
Russians and Americans have a complicated history of election meddling abroad but they are not equivalent, international organizations and democracy proponents say.
The charismatic statesman from Ghana, who spent virtually his entire career as a U.N. administrator and rose to become the world body's first Black African U.N. secretary-general, has died, his foundation announced in the Swiss capital.
More than a half-century after the world agreed to keep the peace in outer space, U.S. President Donald Trump's militarization plans could violate international space law.
The report found the highest concentration of modern slavery in North Korea — and bigger numbers than previously reported in Australia, Europe and the United States.
A panel of independent experts said global tensions resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars could cause wider "backsliding" towards trade protectionism.
The United Nations and UNICEF are the most popular organizations on Twitter, where U.S. President Donald Trump has overtaken Pope Francis in the most-followed ranking.
U.N. agencies convened their first outer space conference in almost two decades, aimed at keeping space weapons-free.
The U.N. human rights office pinned blame for violence on both countries in its first report on the disputed region.
High shares of renewables are being integrated in the power sector, but not fast enough to fight climate change.
António Guterres launched a campaign underscoring the need for nations to scrap nuclear arsenals and other weapons.
The Hague-based institution is meant to step in only when nations won't or can't dispense justice themselves.
