A week after earthquakes tore through northern Venezuela, hospitals in La Guaira are buckling under the weight of the ...

The 15-member Security Council is meeting in emergency session on Thursday morning to address the escalating tensions in the ...

The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery ...

The war in Sudan threatens to spiral further as the strategically-important town of El Obeid continues to face “relentless” drone attacks by advancing paramilitary militias, the UN’s human rights ...

As drones reshape the battlefield in Ukraine, they are also creating new and increasingly complex dangers for civilians, threatening recovery efforts, agriculture and global food security long after ...

More blistering heatwaves and other weather extremes are becoming increasingly likely across the world now and in coming months, linked to strengthening El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific, the ...

From high participation costs and restrictions on Palestinian athletes – to bans on Muslim women wearing hijabs – racism continues to shape who gets to participate in sport, a new UN report published ...

In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days ...

Today, it can write computer code, analyse vast amounts of data, create realistic images and videos, help scientists discover ...

Drone attacks by advancing rebel fighters who are besieging El Obeid, Sudan, continue to result in civilian casualties, ...

Re-opening the Strait of Hormuz would bring vital relief for many economies, but developing countries will continue to ...

The United Nations has overhauled a decades-old “Kafkaesque financial rule” that requires it to return unspent funds to ...