"Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bombs," said Tom Fletcher, the United Nations' new under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator.

Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, Donald Trump's national security advisor pick, claimed that "the ICC has no credibility" in response to the warrants.

The ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.

Argentina was the only country in the United Nations to vote against a resolution that would protect women and girls, especially in "the digital environment."

An oil field in Texas has been named the most pollutive site in the world at the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Australia broke away from the U.S. after the country voted to recognize the "permanent sovereignty" of Palestinians for the first time in a UN resolution.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev slammed the West's hypocrisy around emissions while hailing oil and gas as a "gift of God" during his opening remarks at COP29.

With international climate talks under way in Baku, the UN refugee agency highlighted how soaring global temperatures and extreme weather events are impacting displacement numbers and conditions, as it called for more and better investment in mitigating the risks.

The UN's latest report on the war in Gaza found that Israel Defense Forces mostly killed women and children between November 2023 and April 2024.

The firing of Diana Mondino took place amid ongoing tensions with President Javier Milei, who appointed Gerardo Werthein, previously Argentina's ambassador in Washington, as her successor.

A United Nations report revealed Israel destroyed Gaza's healthcare system, "committed war crimes, and deliberately attacked medical personnel and facilities."

The Stand With Israel Act would target agencies that "expel, downgrade, suspend or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel"

The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as 2023 saw the most conflicts around the world since the Second World War.

Dominican president, Luis Abinader announced on Wednesday the country will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants

Video of the two speeches side-by-side has amassed more than 21,000 on YouTube, with dozens of social media users poking fun at Milei.

Instead, the focus is now on renewing the mandate of the current Multinational Security Support mission for one year

A Russian representative was confronted in front of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday over his nation's alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Maintaining peace and international security is one of the UN's central missions, but its record has been badly tarnished as bloodshed intensifies in conflicts across the world, including in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.

The proposed switch would address funding shortfalls, as such missions are typically financed through member nations' assessed contributions

The UN Fact-Finding Mission reporting on Venezuela released a statement on Wednesday, warning of "accelerated reactivation of the repressive machinery"

The "United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime" originated in 2017 when Russian diplomats sent the world body's secretary-general a letter outlining the initiative.

Survival International Director Caroline Pearce said that the situation is a "humanitarian disaster in the making."

The UN's weather and climate agency called for greater vigilance in the face of climate change, as drier surface soil leads to more dust being carried in the wind.

Safety concerns and the cost of developing next-level systems have slowed down progress on autonomous vehicles, but work on regulations is motoring ahead, said the UN.

"Ensure U.S. taxpayer dollars don't support the interests of criminal regimes," his letter says.

The thousands gathered at the conference heard how advances in generative AI are already speeding up efforts to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, such as climate change, hunger and social care.

A mission in the occupied Palestinian territories, for example, is only "very, very, very hypothetical," Under Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said.

This year, May 25th will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the first-ever international tournament at the 1924 Paris Games.

Robed lawyers from the two countries embark on two weeks of hearings, wrestling over interpretations of international law in the gilded Peace Palace of the International Court of Justice.

The statement comes after March was reported as the 10th month in a row to set a global heat record