United Nations, United States—Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by "unethical" marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of...
Trigger warning: This story talks about suicide as a global public health concern. If you are someone struggling with mental health issues, please have...
Climate and environment delegates from around the world met at UN Headquarters in New York last week to advance the long-awaited high seas biodiversity...
Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing...
Sanaa, Yemen—The United Nations said Yemen's Houthis detained at least 11 workers on Sunday in raids on UN premises, after rebel authorities made numerous arrests...
The Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev) is calling for a stronger "whole-of-nation plus" approach to accelerate the country's progress toward the 2030...
Geneva, Switzerland—The UN postal agency said Tuesday that 25 countries had decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over the...
GENEVA – Egypt must end a practice allowing the prolonged arbitrary detention of government critics, the United Nations human rights chief said Tuesday.
UN High...
The UN's health and children's agencies said a full one in four people globally were without access to safely-managed drinking water last year, with...
Jerusalem, Undefined—The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming "systematic obstruction of aid" by Israel, hours after Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened...
The University of the Philippines (UP) Manila has received new forensic pathology equipment from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), including...
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The United Nations Security Council began to debate Monday (Tuesday Manila time) a resolution drafted by France to extend...