A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which said on Friday that European countries are seeing temperatures rise at around…

Humanitarians appealed on Friday for more resources for war-ravaged Sudan and unimpeded access to people in need, now that famine has been confirmed in parts of the country.  A $2.7 billion plan to…

Ten years after Dae'sh/ISIL attacked the Yazidi people of Sinjar, Iraq, killing, displacing and capturing men, women and children and destroying the 400,000-strong community, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria issued a fresh call for justice and accountability for ISIL crimes in a position paper…

Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry “wherever and whenever it appears”, paying tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti brutally murdered during the Second World War by the Nazis…

At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests that erupted in Bangladesh in July, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Last month, students in…

What happens when you blend creativity, cultural heritage and economic growth? Up pops the vibrant world of an orange economy, also known as the creative economy.But, what exactly is it, and how does it…

The top UN envoy in the Middle East called on Friday for urgent action to address the “growing risk” of regional escalation following recent deadly attacks in Lebanon, the Syrian Golan Heights and Iran linked to the war in Gaza…

UN agencies warned on Friday of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases in Gaza, amid chronic water scarcity and no way to adequately manage waste and sewage.   “People in…

A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday involving the United States, Russia and five other countries. More than 20 people were released, including…

The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and to just being children – amid the ongoing conflict. “This first…