Tag: UN

As many as 40 million children are "one disease" from catastrophe as the Horn of Africa and Sahel experience the worst drought in four...

More discussions to protect the world's oceans from overexploitation will take place later when world leaders gather at the UN in New York. Despite ten...

Russian troops are using the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as a military camp, and employees there have told the BBC that they are being held at gunpoint. Since early March, occupying forces have been in control of the location, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Ukrainian technicians continue to run...

The number of people displaced by the record-breaking drought in Somalia has topped one million, with the United Nations warning of widespread famine if...

A ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants was held overnight, following three days of violence. Isolated weapons fire from both sides in the minutes before...

The Secretary-General warned the world had been "lucky" to avoid global nuclear war The world is one misstep from devastating nuclear war and in peril...

Our correspondent Alex Rossi has the latest update, which is that it's heading into Turkish waters. It will dock in Istanbul, where it will be checked by...

Ukraine war: UN and Red Cross invited to investigate deaths of prisoners of war, Russia says. Russia has invited the United Nations and the Red...

Up to 18 million people in Africa's drought-stricken Sahel region will face severe food insecurity over the next three months, the United Nations warned...

Major Ashif is tense as he watches from the turret of his armoured vehicle as the muddy road in front of him slowly unwinds.His...