United Nations

The head of the United Nations said he was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in a U.N.-brokered grain deal and delayed a foreign visit to try…

The United Nations on Friday urged parties to a UN-brokered deal that allowed a resumption of Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports to renew the pact beyond mid-November, saying it was…

The U.N. human rights office on Friday voiced concern at Iran‘s treatment of detained protesters and said authorities refused to release some of the bodies of those killed, as demonstrators…

World food prices have fallen for a sixth month in a row in September, UN data showed Friday, as they continued to decline since a record reached following Russia’s invasion…

The UN’s telecoms agency, which chooses either an American or a Russian as its new chief on Thursday, plays a key role in the rules governing radio frequencies, satellites and…

The United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, UNRC, in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has said Nigeria is living through uncertain times, given the challenges of insecurity in parts of the country. He…

Egypt, the host of this year’s upcoming U.N.-led climate conference, is rejecting reports by a rights group saying that authorities in the Middle East country are stifling environmental activism as…

The World meteorological organization unveiled Tuesday an alarming multi-agency report on climate. The UN chief called for urgent action. The world continues to face climate shocks. A new multi-agency report…

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster. Record…

Famine will occur in parts of Somalia between October and December, the United Nations warned on Monday, as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs. “Famine…