Progress and worry as children's rights treaty enters fourth decade
A human rights treaty helped make children healthier, but they still face threats like climate change and online abuse.
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World business organization reports drop in attacks on ocean commerce
Maritime piracy and armed robbery have fallen by 24% so far this year. Africa's Gulf of Guinea remains a 'high risk area.'
U.N. relief agency says 1 million people in Gaza may go hungry
The Trump administration's withdrawal of U.S. funding for Palestinian refugees could create a huge humanitarian crisis.
More children die of illness due to contaminated water than from war
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
Ethiopia tops list of newly uprooted people in latest global assessment
New ethnic clashes in the south of the country and violence along a border region displaced more than 1 million people.
Kofi Annan, Nobel-winning former U.N. secretary-general, dies at age 80
The diplomatic 'rock star' who spent virtually all his career as a U.N. administrator and personified globalism has died.
Food and fish waste challenge import-dependent poorer nations
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.
Record 68.5 million people globally forced to flee their homes in 2017
In a world of 7.6 billion people, 44,500 people a day — one person every two seconds — are displaced, the U.N. said.
U.N. says Trump violates children's rights along U.S.-Mexico border
The U.N. human rights office said the 'zero tolerance' policy violates children's rights by breaking up families from Mexico.
Threats to press and repressive leaders pose danger to democracy
Reporters Without Borders says hatred for the press is 'steadily more visible' - and is not limited to authoritarian countries.