A financial advisor who admitted defrauding clients of more than ¬200,000 has been jailed for...

Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research will conduct research aimed at understandi

Organization seeks nearly $84 million for assistance to address Nepal's worst COVID-19 outbreak

Humanitarian officials continue assistance, but insecurity restricts essential deliveries, including

Crackdown took place on June 3, 2019, when security forces attacked and dispersed thousands of pro-d

As the occupying power, the UN says Israel would be in violation of international humanitarian law w

More than 16 million people across Ethiopia require assistance due to drought, conflict and COVID-19

Recommendations to help ensure safety and sustainability of international food system comes after WH

Lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's deposed civilian government craft new constitution as Myanmar mark

More than 3,360 people who fled Palma by foot, bus, plane and boat have arrived in Pemba, the capita

For now, donors to victims of the Atlanta shootings must scour individual GoFundMe accounts

Government-affiliated group suspends all activities as it calls on junta to end arrests of unarmed c

Children comprise more than 65 percent of the refugee population, including 66,000 children who have

A new UN report says South Sudanese political and military leaders supported well-armed militias tha

The UN released its South Sudan humanitarian response plan for 2021 Tuesday, with an urgent appeal f

The money is to assist millions of people in Nigeria's volatile northeastern states of Borno, Adamaw

Genetic sequencing data suggests new outbreak most likely due to a persistence of virus infection in

Five million on brink of famine; children are especially vulnerable

UN investigators report more than 75% of the country currently is engulfed in brutal violence at the

Human rights experts describe conditions at al-Hol and Roj camps as sub-human, and that under intern

Recent intercommunal clashes killed or wounded hundreds and displaced tens of thousands in the troub

Agencies say more than 120,000 people displaced by war in northern Syria are struggling to survive w

Statement says there has been a high number of reported rapes as well as reports that some women are

Saeed Masouri, who marked 20 years in Iranian prisons this month, got a life sentence for supporting

At least 50 people, including 17 children under the age of 16 were killed in a weekend attack on vil

UN human rights office is appealing to neighboring countries to use their influence to ensure a peac

As of February, 1.26 million refugees will have their monthly relief cash and food rations cut by 40

Drug makers say they expect to complete the delivery by the end of July in a nearly $2 billion deal

More than one million people are caught in a devastating cycle of violence and abuse in Mozambique's

Up to 25 refugees and migrants, among them four children whose boat had capsized off the Venezuelan

UNICEF is demanding access to the restive region to provide humanitarian assistance to children depr

Judgment marks first time Kenyan court has recognized victims of sexual abuse from that period

Through order 7097/2020 issued today, the Italian Council of State says yes to the use of hydroxychl

UN says COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc and an unprecedented number of people will need humanita

Guterres is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Afghanistan to boost US mediated

Yuriy Yeshchenko passed secrets about Russia's Northern Fleet to the CIA, a Russian court found

The UN plans to aid 260,000 of the most vulnerable people; among them women, children, the disabled

At least 20 people reportedly have been killed in inter-communal clashes and violent confrontations

In VOA interview, source close to activist Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi said a judge notified Makvandi o

Lawyers say they possess the most comprehensive body of evidence yet, including testimonies of survi

As more mass graves are being found in Raqqa, Syria, the families of those kidnapped by Islamic Stat

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells UN that a nation cannot and should not be a hostage to one man's thi

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese are in desperate need of emergency aid

President Trump, Portland Mayor Wheeler trade criticisms after clashes between Trump supporters and

Belarusian president claimed sixth election win earlier this month, leading to calls of election fra

Fighting is mainly between nomadic settlers or herders and farmers; issues around land use and owner

Second phase of human trials for COVID-19 vaccine underway in South Africa///

The court will read its verdict Tuesday in the case of 4 Hezbollah members charged in the 2005 assas

Massive August 4 blast put hospitals and clinics out of commission

Beirut explosion victims remembered in Chile vigil//

Committee says military cannot be used to quell peaceful protests except under exceptional circumsta

A new wave of online/protests leads to arrest of former student at prestigious American University i

As a July 10 deadline approaches, the UN is urging the Security Council to renew authorization for k

A United Nations envoy says it is time for the US to take a more active diplomatic role in Libya, de