GENEVA: More than 38,000 people appealed to the United Nations for help after facing sexual assault or other gender-based violence in Syria in 2013, a figure...
GENEVA/BRUSSELS: Iran and six world powers began expert-level talks in Geneva on Thursday to work out how to put into practice a landmark deal obliging Tehran...
GENEVA: The world’s poorest countries need urgently to invest in infrastructure and other sectors that create jobs and not just rely on exports of raw...
GENEVA: The United Nations expects another 2 million Syrians to become refugees in 2014 and 2.25 million more to be displaced within the country, according to...
GENEVA: African troops in Somalia require helicopters and armored vehicles to counter Al-Shabab, the Islamist group that has claimed responsibility for the...
GENEVA/BEIRUT: Russia and the United States agreed a new push to negotiate an end to Syria's civil war as they discussed a plan to destroy President...
GENEVA: A third of Syria’s housing stock and thousands of schools have been destroyed during the conflict, forcing some 4.25 million people to abandon their...
GENEVA: A third of Syria's housing stock and thousands of schools have been destroyed during the conflict, forcing some 4.25 million people to abandon their...
GENEVA: The head of U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday he hopes common sense will prevail in Australia's election-season debate about how the country...
GENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations expects 10.25 million Syrians, half the population, will need humanitarian aid by the end of 2013 at a cost of more...
GENEVA: Russia’s pledge to deliver anti-aircraft missiles to Damascus at a time when world powers are trying to end Syria’s civil war is...
GENEVA: As British Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to accommodate Euroskeptics in his own party, trade experts warn that quitting the European Union...
GENEVA: North Korea threatened South Korea with "final destruction" during a debate at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, saying it...
GENEVA: North Korea's leaders are likely to be the target of a U.N. investigation into their personal responsibility for rapes, torture, executions, arbitrary...
GENEVA: As it seeks a new chief to lead it out of a negotiating death-spiral, the World Trade Organization looks doomed to be fatally undermined by new global...
GENEVA, Switzerland: Average salaries in developed countries are expected to have risen by no more than inflation this year, the International Labour...
GENEVA: U.N. investigators have added more names to a secret list of Syrians suspected of committing war crimes during the 18-month-old uprising against...
GENEVA: Flights from Damascus have been canceled, at least one crossing into Iraq shut, and shells are landing close to the Jordanian border, but more than...
GENEVA: Flights from Damascus have been cancelled, at least one crossing into Iraq shut, and shells are landing close to the Jordanian border, but more than...
GENEVA: The United States and Japan launched complaints against Argentina at the World Trade Organization Tuesday, alleging that its import licensing rules...
GENEVA: A visibly shaken Kofi Annan admitted defeat in his attempts to bring peace to Syria Thursday, but – perhaps keen to protect his legacy from the...
GENEVA: Can any world leader rival Barack Obama's popularity on Twitter? With more than 17 million followers, @BarackObama is by far the most watched of...
GENEVA: World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over...
GENEVA: International powers agreed on Saturday that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the bloodshed there but left open the question...
GENEVA: The Palestinian Authority has asked the United Nations Human Rights Council to conduct a formal inquiry into the impact of Israeli settlements in the...