The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Friday that the number of attacks on the ...

Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the UN children's organisation Unicef ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

The United Nations leadership and its member countries need a backup plan to ensure lifesaving UN humanitarian aid and human ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the ...

The United Nations AIDS agency, UNAIDS, on Friday said more than six million people could die from HIV and AIDS in the next ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

Over 150 women were raped and killed during a mass jailbreak in Congo's Goma, as inmates set fire to the prison. The incident ...