IFRC gains entry to scale up aid efforts as Venezuelan crisis deepens
Venezuelans who cannot flee are in the grips of a humanitarian crisis from lack of food and basic services.
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Venezuelans who cannot flee are in the grips of a humanitarian crisis from lack of food and basic services.
Flooding, the worst of the impacts globally, continued to affect the largest number of people, more than 35 million.
The U.N.'s top humanitarian official paid a rare visit to North Korea, meeting other aid providers and some of those who need help amid widespread food shortages and malnutrition.
A U.S.-North Korea summit could expand a little-known aspect of a tightly controlled and secretive nation: North Korea's extensive involvement with international organizations.
By the start of 2018, the governments of 92% of the U.N.'s 193 member nations belonged to the Twitterverse. Their participation helped turn the social media platform into 'the indispensable news wire' for international organizations.