Groups cite high number of land mine casualties
At least 5,554 people were killed or wounded last year because they stepped on a land mine or other unexploded devices from war, a new report found.
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At least 5,554 people were killed or wounded last year because they stepped on a land mine or other unexploded devices from war, a new report found.
The U.S. upended WTO's selection of its next director-general as the sole nation to back South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee over Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The president of the U.N. General Assembly warned against unilateralism in taking on the pandemic, and called for more global cooperation on vaccines.
Eight contenders from Britain, Egypt, Kenya, Mexico, Moldova, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and South Korea have until September 7 to campaign for the job of WTO chief.
The U.N. Charter, signed 75 years ago at the end of the U.N. Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, remains a global "touchstone."
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations will not summon world leaders to its annual gathering for the first time in its 75-year history.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, attempting to deflect blame for U.S. crises.
The U.N. General Assembly urged all nations to join in ensuring universal access to medical supplies, drugs, future vaccines and testing for the pandemic.
The African Development Bank Group launched emergency measures to provide up to US$10 billion in credit for those struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.
A U.N.-led global commission recommitted the world to achieving gender equality, in a relaunch and update of a quarter-century old landmark agreement.
The African Development Bank Group will no longer support "19th century technologies" like coal and oil and will help create the world's largest "solar zone."
Refugees International gave the Trump administration's U.S. practices a 'failing grade' for a second year in a row.
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.
Huge security threats loom from the crisis in Yemen to Afghanistan's fighting to the U.S.-China trade war.
Qatar joined OPEC in 1961 and has been its 11th biggest producer, putting out 600,000 barrels of crude oil a day.