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Secretary-General António Guterres issued a wake-up call that the world is on the edge of an abyss and “moving in the wrong direction”, as he called on leaders gathered...

Congress on Monday criticised the United Kingdom government’s decision to consider people vaccinated in India, as unvaccinated.

At least eight people were killed died and 28 were injured on Monday after a gunman opened fire at the Perm State University in the Russian city of Perm.

Health leaders agree that a world without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone has equal access to vaccines.

Patricia A. O'Brien, Georgetown University It has been announced the US, Australia and the UK are forming a new security partnership to be known as AUKUS. This alliance, announced by the...

Family members of 10 civilians killed by a US drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul last month have rejected Washington's condolences and apologies, calling the attack a "war crime" and demanding justice under international law, reports Anadolu Agency.

Brazilian football icon Pele is in a “stable” condition following his readmission to an intensive care unit for respiratory problems, days after undergoing surgery for a suspected colon tumour, report several news agencies.

Every day, approximately 800 women and 6,700 babies lose their lives around the time of childbirth. In addition, nearly 5,400 babies are stillborn daily, with 40% of these deaths occurring in relation to labour and childbirth. 

Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNHCR said on Friday.

Within an hour of her Facebook post about the character of Zakaria Zubeidi, one of six Palestinian prisoners who recently escaped from Gilboa prison and among the four subsequently recaptured, Facebook had banned a journalist and a political activist based in Jerusalem, Orly Noy for three days for violating their "community guidelines."

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the sale and use of Artifical Intelligence systems until sufficient safeguards against potential...

The six-month world fair, featuring exhibitions by 192 countries, is expected to attract more than 20 million international visitors when it opens on October 1 after a year's delay.