The United Nations is investigating the war conduct of Russian troops after reports of sexual assaults and rapes against the men and boys of Ukraine filter through in the community.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said they are closely watching the extent to which China is extending its support to Russia.

The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed Russian forces using thermobaric or vacuum bombs in Ukraine after the United Nations reported they have seen videos.

Twelve Russian diplomats in the United Nations have been asked to leave the United States on Monday for alleged "espionage activities," as diplomatic maneuvers between the two countries escalate further.

A military takeover has been declared over Burkina Faso as military junta soldiers announced they have seized power and overthrown the country’s president.

India’s top anti-smuggling agency reportedly impounded nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan with a street value of around 200 billion rupees (US$2.72 billion) following last month's chaotic Taliban takeover of the country. 

More than a month since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, residents trapped in the wrecked country fear the Sunni Pashtun insurgents could “brainwash” locals under 18 years of age to turn them into suicide bombers and ambushers. 

A female Afghan prosecutor, who is accusing Taliban fighters of coercing vulnerable minors to plant bombs on Afghan streets and vehicles, has revealed she's counting her last remaining days after the insurgents threatened her an ultimatum letter for her work.

The Taliban revealed its appointed leaders for its interim government, a list that included some ex-detainees that raises questions on whether other countries would be helping the torn country.

Zimbabwe’s apostolic churches allow child marriages covered under the country’s two sets of marriage laws that also allow polygamy.

Two Myanmar citizens have reportedly been arrested in the United States for allegedly plotting to assassinate Myanmar's UN ambassador for his vocal disapproval of junta-rule in the country.

Further investigations into the January 2021 May Kado massacre have unraveled more details of the extrajudicial killings that were brazenly filmed in Ethiopia's Tigray Region during the Tigray War.

Harrowing images of dead bodies of children and infants washed up on a beach in Libya have emerged in recent times as the United Nations slams the European Union on how it deals with Libya's worsening migrant crisis.

A man who raped 30 kids in a week has been apprehended but the handling of violence against women and kids over in Mozambique remains under heavy fire.

Sexual violence is escalating in Tigray, the conflict hit-region of Ethiopia with rape cases rising. The case is getting worse with reports of rape happening within families according to UN representative Pramila Patten.

A notice of withdrawal has been sent to the United Nations on Monday to formally begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization. This received the criticism of those who fear its negative implications to the agency's response to the pandemic. 

Scientific evidence highlights how cholera was “imported” due to a monumental failure of overlooking the screening of the Nepalese UN peacekeepers who were relocated in 2010 to Haiti to mitigate the effects of a devastating earthquake. Add to that, the UN has so far raised a meager $ 21 million, while shelling out a skimpy $3 million.

Read to find out what activities you can do to create awareness on World Water Day.

The UN devotes this day to implementing recommendations and promoting activities within their countries regarding the world’s water resources.

Ernesto Zedillo, Cesar Gaviria and Fernando Henrique Cardoso fear that a U.N. panel on narcotics will shut them out of the debate on the drug war.

The UN has urge Latin American countries, where most are predominantly Catholics, to give women access to abortions and birth control due to the ongoing Zika virus.

Pope Francis targeted Mexico between the lines in his call for rethinking the War on Drugs, in which he described state failures in what sounded like Latin America.

Venezuela became embroiled an entirely new border controversy on Tuesday when it moved troops near Guyana. The issue could be raised at a U.N. meeting this week.

Taking a page from leftists opponents, former military general Otto Pérez Molina claims soft coup in Guatemala

In 1950 the UN General Assembly decided that every December 10th would be celebrated as Human Rights Day. Discover 5 fast facts about Human Rights Day and this year's theme of "Human Rights 365."

The UNAIDS program has revealed last year that Brazil registered 47 percent of all new cases of HIV (HIV positive) in Latin America.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto met today with the United Nations' Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.

America is the continent with the most number of murders in the world and Honduras has the worst homicide rate of them all.