BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China called on the European Union on Tuesday not to "challenge" a 1971 U.N. resolution that led to Beijing assuming China's seat in the organisation from Taipei. China and ...

Trucks carrying aid wait at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing to southern Gaza, amid a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in southern Israel, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah ...

Established in 1950, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, leads international efforts to protect refugees and other forcibly displaced people. We work closely with other UN agencies and international ...

Children account for nearly 40% of the 5,000 internally displaced people inside the grounds of the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communication in Port-au-Prince’s Delmas 33. Jacqueline ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country had deployed “special assets” to counter the growing presence of US forces in South Korea. He also warned that Pyongyang would develop “additional ...

There are two UN Conventions on Statelessness. They seek to protect people who are currently stateless and prevent and end statelessness globally. Countries decide who their nationals are, setting ...

Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people. Doug Whitney ...

A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities. By Matina Stevis-Gridneff Photographs by Pat Kane Matina ...

President Donald Trump is facing backlash on social media after he told members of the U.S. Navy that he needs to “take care” of Democrats. Trump delivered remarks aboard the USS S. Truman at Naval ...

A planned pro-Palestine bake sale on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks has been cancelled as Keir Starmer warns students to avoid demonstrations today. Students across the country are set to ...

Indigenous peoples and the role they may play in combating climate change are rarely considered in public discourses on climate change. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, is well ...

1. States Parties undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the basis of ...