A public execution carried out in a sports stadium in Afghanistan drew condemnation from senior UN officials on Wednesday, ...

Civic space in the Islamic Republic of Iran is shrinking, as human rights defenders and journalists continue to be targeted ...

COP29 talks in Baku on Wednesday turned to small island nations facing an existential threat from our warming planet, as UN ...

Reports of ongoing bombardments, likely starvation and despair continue to emerge from Gaza where many basic daily staples ...

The number of prisoners in Iran being executed is rising while civic space shrinks, according to the independent human rights ...

Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential ...

Three UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for lifesaving support in Nigeria, where record inflation, climate shocks and ongoing ...

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters its third decade of armed conflict, a huge number of unexploded land mines and ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must ...

The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries pushes the country further ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to ...

Dead bodies are lying in the streets of besieged northern Gaza while hospitals run out of blood packs – a situation that’s ...