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Millions' protest in youth-led global climate strike
Four million people filled city streets around the world in what was expected to be the biggest ever protest
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Climate change takes toll on oceans, ice: UN report
Humanity should brace for blowback the report warns
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Russia, China cast vetoes to block UN resolution on Syria
Russia's 13th veto of a UN resolution since the Syrian conflict
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Arab coalition says foiled Houthi attack in Red Sea off Yemen
The incident can further increase regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations
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UN chief calls for respecting human rights in Kashmir
Guterres urges dialogue between India and Pakistan to resolve dispute
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Iran's Khamenei approved Saudi strike: report
US officials talk of unreleased satellite photos showing Iran's Revolutionary Guard making preparations for the attack
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UN experts urge probe of Rohingya killings in Bangladesh
Say a number of organisers have been questioned and subjected to "intimidation" since the rally
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600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in Myanmar at 'serious risk of genocide': UN
The maligned community has long been subjected to tight movement restrictions
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UN setting up group to investigate Syria hospital bombings
The committee is not a "criminal investigation" but aimed to "establish the facts for the secretary-general
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UN 'regrets' impact US top court ruling will have on asylum seekers
Ruling allows US to implement asylum restrictions could have dire implications on people in urgent need of protection
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Homeless at home: The Iraqi displaced no one wants
'There is 'no way' IS-affiliated families would be allowed back to their areas of origin'
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Lodhi apprises UN chief over humanitarian crisis in IOK
Says India’s illegal annexation of IOK is threatening global peace and security
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'Time is of the essence' in Iran co-operation: UN nuclear watchdog
Iran has said notwithstanding its reduction of commitments under the JCPOA
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UN rights chief urges India to ease Occupied Kashmir lockdown
Deeply concerned about impact of India's recent actions on human rights of Kashmiris: Michelle Bachelet
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Qureshi heads to Geneva to raise Kashmir issue at UN Human Rights Council
Pakistan's UN ambassador says Kashmiris need action, not mere words, from world leaders
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US will aim to persuade others to 'call out' China over Uighurs at UN: Pompeo
As China consistently denies any mistreatment in what it calls vocational training centers
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N.Korea wants reduced UN aid presence
North Korea requested in a letter last month that the UN reduce its involvement in the isolated country
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Dorian leaves 30 dead in Bahamas: prime minister
UN says 70,000 people in "immediate need" of aid
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Four candidates from three continents running to lead UN nuclear watchdog
Nominations formally close on Thursday evening but diplomats say no other names are expected to be put forward
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'Asia's growing coal use could negate global climate change progress'
Asian countries must set more ambitious goals to contribute to global efforts to curb climate change, says UN
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UN rights chief slams US move to detain migrant children indefinitely
Following Trumps move last month to allow migrant children and their families to be detained for unlimited periods
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Pakistan steps up diplomatic offensive against India over IOK
New Delhi under pressure from global powers to ease IOK restrictions, lift curfew
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Islamabad will continue to facilitate Afghan peace process: FM Qureshi
Pakistan is ready to defend itself if India chooses the path of aggression, says foreign minister
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India defends controversial citizenship register in Assam after UN criticism
Critics say the BJP is pushing a Hindu nationalist agenda and marginalising the state's large minority of Muslims
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UN orders Bosnia to compensate wartime rape victim
Asks Bosnia to pay institute reparations to survivors of sexual violence during the 1990s conflict
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UN chief fears 'full civil war' in Libya
He acknowledged the need for support of the international community in finding a political solution for the country
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‘Oceans turning from friend to foe’
Destructive changes can be seen in decline of fish stocks, damages by storms, and millions displaced by rising seas
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UN committee faults Nepal in child labour, abuse case
UN Committee calls on Nepal to remove existing obstacles hindering forced-labour victims from filing complaints
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Lodhi meets UNGA president to discuss Kashmir situation
Lodhi urges the UN to live up to its obligations
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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark 'Genocide Day' in Bangladesh camps
740,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine state escaped in August 2017 during the brutal offensive
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At G7 summit, rifts emerge between Trump and Western allies
The G7 gathering is taking place against a backdrop of worries about a global economic downturn
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'Modi is a terrorist': Kashmiris protest in front of UN headquarters
India is planning a genocide, UN must save Kashmiris: AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider
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Pakistan key UNHCR ally in dealing with refugees
UNHCR deputy chief assures support for sporting activities in K-P
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India tightens curfew to prevent Kashmiris’ march on UN office in Srinagar
Barricades, razor wires erected in many places to prevent people from gathering at Lal Chowk and Sonawar
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Pakistan demands UN action over 'seriously deteriorating humanitarian situation' in IOK
In second letter to UN human rights chief, FM Qureshi conveys Pakistan's 'deep concerns' over human suffering in IOK
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Malaysia's poverty levels far higher than reported, UN expert says
Malaysia’s official poverty rate dropped from 49% in 1970 to just 0.4% in 2016
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'People were hiding': Bangladesh bid to repatriate Rohingya stalls as refugees refuse
Almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests
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France watching Kashmir rights, Macron tells Modi
Emmanuel Macron urges India and Pakistan to resolve their differences bilaterally
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UN Trusteeship Council: a way out for Kashmir?
Even the smallest possibility of peace seems unfathomable, at least till the near future
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PM Imran to represent Pakistan at UNGA next month
Will raise Kashmir issue in his General Debate address, which, according to sources, is scheduled for Sept 27
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UN says 'desperate' for Yemen aid funding
As a cash shortage threatens to reduce food rations for 12 million people
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India, not Pakistan, to lose Kashmir
Pakistan needs to play this game started by India not as a T20 cricket match but a test series
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France calls for immediate end to fighting in Syrian city of Idlib
As UN warns of a new humanitarian catastrophe in northwest
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The plebiscite puzzle
All these years, Pakistanis and Kashmiris have blamed India for breaching a solemn pledge made to Kashmir
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UNSC meet negates Indian claim of IOK being 'internal matter': Qureshi
Meeting was requested by Pakistan and China after India stripped IOK of its autonomy
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Clashes resume in Yemen's Aden as UN calls for dialogue
As fighting between southern separatists and government forces continues
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UN’s welcome assertion
Modi, for his part, continues to do his best to lie to the world and his own citizens
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Bangladesh must investigate rife torture: UN
First time ever, experts examined the record of Bangladesh, which ratified an international ban on torture in 1999
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UN chief cautions against altering status of Kashmir
Antonio Guterres calls for 'maximum restraint' in IOK
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World must prevent India's 'folly' from escalating into perilous regional crisis: NYT
US and China should not allow Kashmir to become a pawn in their ongoing disputes, says the American daily