
Group of nations seek more scrutiny of the U.N.'s peacekeeping abuses
Six nations sought accountability in U.N. peacekeeping at a meeting on mismanagement, sexual abuse and other violence.
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Six nations sought accountability in U.N. peacekeeping at a meeting on mismanagement, sexual abuse and other violence.
A public–private global health partnership said it will invest US$178 million to establish an emergency stockpile of 500,000 Ebola vaccine doses worldwide.
The Paris Peace Forum promoted what French President Emmanuel Macron described as a need for "balanced cooperation" among nations.
The U.N. health agency rejected an emergency declaration before but now fears Ebola spreading to other countries.
Delegates to the global decision-making body will tackle ways to strengthen emergency response and restructure the agency.
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
After an emergency meeting, WHO’s director said he accepted a panel's recommendation to skip an emergency declaration.
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
Qatar joined OPEC in 1961 and has been its 11th biggest producer, putting out 600,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
As demands grow for a U.N. probe of Khashoggi's murder, an Arete News review finds just eight previous such orders.
At the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. president attacked the world body as a largely useless "global bureaucracy."
New ethnic clashes in the south of the country and violence along a border region displaced more than 1 million people.
Trump's national security adviser harshly condemned the International Criminal Court, which is hated by conservatives.
With the U.S. reversal, Iran's planned economic opening to the West depends on its European, Russian and Chinese partners.
A third of the world’s fish stocks are overfished, FAO said, and 35% of what's caught never makes it one someone's plate.
The U.S. president, complaining of bias against Israel, said America's participation will be reduced to observer status.