The U.N. chief is launching a new initiative to reform the United Nations as it approaches its 80th anniversary.

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told Reuters, warning against the rise of jihadists in Syria and comparing ...

The Trump administration is demanding U.N. humanitarian agencies that receive or disburse U.S. funding fill out a questionnaire disclosing any ties to communism, socialism or anti-American beliefs.

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to fight insurgents in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have kille ...

The Kakhovka dam explosion flooded towns on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war. The long-term consequences could be just as severe, new findings show.

Donald Trump ratcheted up tariff threats against U.S. trading partners this week, including sweeping fees on imported steel ...

Armed men set fire overnight to a building in Haiti's capital that had long served as headquarters for the nation's oldest ...

Georgia’s government sparked an uproar by announcing that a port project on the Black Sea will be awarded to a company from ...

Private consultant Jonathan Franks said that additional Americans he represents are expected to be released by Kuwait later.

Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a mandate to regulate financial institutions, its detractors have tried to eliminate it. They have questioned its ...

People think deportation is the end of the story...It isn’t the end of anything,' said Austin Kocher, of Syracuse University.