Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last week, the United Nations’ human rights office said on Tuesday. The bloodshed i ...

Here follows the full text of the joint U.S.-Ukrainian statement that was published after bilateral talks in Saudi Arabia's ...

Russia wants to see a united and friendly Syria because instability there could affect the whole of the Middle East, the ...

Confronting a rising backlash against women’s rights, the U.N.’s 193 member nations made a commitment Monday to accelerate ...

New UN websites & publications Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing (UN WOMEN) Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of ...

The United States has extended its lead over other nations as the world’s biggest exporter of weapons, with Europe now its main customer. The US accounted for 43% of global weapons exports between ...

As the United States has withdrawn from global efforts to combat climate change and, more generally, shifted its focus to ...

Muslim nations under the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including Indonesia, face a tough challenge to realize ...

Here is the full text of the King’s Commonwealth Day broadcast: “Last October, leaders from across the Commonwealth came together in Samoa to reaffirm their ‘belief in the value of the Commonwealth as ...

Jon Cooper is still marveling that one of the biggest achievements of his career became a surreal international drama: A long-awaited chance to indulge in the friendly Canada-United States hockey ...

A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the ...

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030 ...