UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is gravely alarmed by the escalating situation along the Blue Line -- a buffer zone separating Israel and Lebanon -- and the ...

The security cordons are up. The streets are ready to be sealed off. Aircraft from myriad nations are landing in New York.

The Pact for the Future says world leaders are gathering “at a time of profound global transformation,” and it warns of ...

Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from ...

As an opener for the annual high-level week of the UN General Assembly, which begins Tuesday, dozens of heads of state and government gathered for the adoption, which faced last-minute opposition from ...

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part ...

Israeli military ‘targets senior Hezbollah leader’ in Beirut as 274 killed in strikes - It is the deadliest day in Lebanon ...

Extreme gender-based discrimination is not only systematic abuse of women and girls and violation of human rights conventions ...

UN Secretary General António Guterres has expressed his concern at the escalation of violence in the Middle East and the ...

As wars rage worldwide, with civilian casualties a daily occurrence, critics of the United Nations say the body is failing at ...

The United Nations chief is urging the world’s divided nations to compromise and approve a blueprint to address global challenges from conflicts and climate change to artificial intelligence and ...

World leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the U.N.’s Summit of the Future. U.N.