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As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain ex...

Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as...

Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death among 15-19-year-old girls which countries could help prevent by keeping girls in schoo...

Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes – but that hope is fadin...

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people – mostly women and children – trapped, s...

Asia’s sprawling megacities – which are driving economic growth – face an uncertain future as rising temperatures, aging populations and unp...

Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country and their communities, the outgoing UN Deputy Regional Human...

The UN Secretary-General has expressed grave concern over US airstrikes in and around Yemen’s port of Ra’s Isa this week, which reportedly r...

The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and...

Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian...

The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitar...

The world economy is on a recessionary trajectory as global growth is expected to slow to 2.3 per cent this year due to escalating trade ten...

An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday has further jeopardized already limited access to lifesaving medical care in the...

Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office w...

The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Pale...

The last functioning hospital in Gaza City has been put out of action by an Israeli strike at the weekend, while a child patient with report...

In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the t...

Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the ‘chinamperos,’ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to grow food for...

After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, setti...

Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and...

Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million inter...

The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buf...

Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and i...

As governments and global markets struggle to deal with the massive upheaval unleashed by the United States’ unilateral trade tariffs, Rebec...

Recent military actions by Israel are undermining Syria’s political transition and the chances of a new security pact between the two countr...