Trump to end U.S. involvement with WHO
U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, attempting to deflect blame for U.S. crises.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, attempting to deflect blame for U.S. crises.
The U.N. General Assembly urged all nations to join in ensuring universal access to medical supplies, drugs, future vaccines and testing for the pandemic.
The African Development Bank Group launched emergency measures to provide up to US$10 billion in credit for those struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.
A U.N.-led global commission recommitted the world to achieving gender equality, in a relaunch and update of a quarter-century old landmark agreement.
The African Development Bank Group will no longer support "19th century technologies" like coal and oil and will help create the world's largest "solar zone."
Refugees International gave the Trump administration's U.S. practices a 'failing grade' for a second year in a row.
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.
Huge security threats loom from the crisis in Yemen to Afghanistan's fighting to the U.S.-China trade war.
Qatar joined OPEC in 1961 and has been its 11th biggest producer, putting out 600,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
With demands growing for the U.N. chief to appoint an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder, a review by Arete News found just eight previous instances of such an order.
The charismatic statesman from Ghana, who spent virtually his entire career as a U.N. administrator and rose to become the world body's first Black African U.N. secretary-general, has died, his foundation announced in the Swiss capital.
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.
A new U.N. report anticipates new economic benefits because more African migrants are moving within the continent than leaving it, and Africa also is a destination for migrants abroad.
The African Union's theme this year is "Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa's Transformation," building on a previous initiative.
Reporters Without Borders said hatred for the press was "steadily more visible” in 2018 among 180 countries it monitors each year and political leaders' hostility towards news media is no longer limited to authoritarian countries.