European Union countries remained deeply divided Tuesday over how to reform EU rules for managing the influx of refugees and migrants, as United Nations...
Governments, employers and workers are meeting in Geneva this week to work on the first international convention against workplace harassment after the #MeToo...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left hospital Monday after eight days of treatment for pneumonia that led to intense speculation over the 83-year-old’s...
The Palestinians have joined two U.N. agencies and the global convention to halt the spread of chemical weapons, a U.N. envoy said Wednesday, despite a threat...
Nearly 400 African migrants, short of food and water, were found by a search-and-rescue team in the Sahara last week, the International Office of Migrations...
A UN agency has issued a warning for the rare tropical cyclone 'Sagar' in the Gulf of Aden, saying it threatens flash flooding, as authorities say it has...
As Gaza lived its deadliest day since the 50-Day War in 2014, Palestinians in Lebanon marking the 70th anniversary of the Nakba found themselves with few...
Every Palestinian refugee knows his or her town of origin, Naeem Matta, a resident of Khan Younes refugee camp in Gaza said. And “after 70 years,” he added,...
United Nations aviation agency directors will visit North Korea next week to discuss an earlier request by Pyongyang to open new air routes to South Korea,...
A judge in Myanmar declared Wednesday that a witness who said two Reuters reporters accused of possessing state secrets were framed by police was credible,...
The United Nations agency that fights AIDS has reopened a sexual harassment investigation of a top official who was cleared in an initial probe, saying Monday...
Qatar could agree a deal within a fortnight to abolish its controversial exit visa system, which requires workers to obtain their employers' permission to...
The U.N. refugee agency has made an urgent appeal to Greece to create more reception facilities at a border area with Turkey which has seen a surge in...
The UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday urged the world to prevent a fresh humanitarian disaster in the rebel-held region of Idlib, as officials...
Monaco’s Foreign Minister Gilles Tonelli Wednesday announced an additional contribution to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, according to an...
The boldest plan to achieve the targets set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement comes from China.
Pope Francis expressed his deep respect for the work of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees Saturday as it struggles to fill a massive funding...
After raising only a fifth of its $500 million emergency appeal to the international community Thursday evening, the future for the struggling United Nations...
The international community Thursday pledged $100 million to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl...
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees is looking to fill a nearly $500 million funding gap at an international conference in Rome Thursday after...