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Ongoing and deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine are causing serious healthcare disruption, with more than $1.5 million-worth of medicines and supplies destroyed in four separate strikes on warehouses used by the UN there since July.

Fewer than half of the national targets set to protect the world's plants, animals and ecosystems are on track, the UN warns in a new report, days before countries gather in Yerevan, Armenia, for the COP17 biodiversity conference.

Rapid transformations - from artificial intelligence and digital technologies to renewable energy and demographic shifts - are reshaping economies worldwide, creating new opportunities but also threatening to deepen socio-economic inequalities, a new ...

Amid a rise in lethal Israeli strikes, demolitions and violence in Gaza and the West Bank, the Security Council is holding an open debate on Thursday focusing on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Kenya's efforts to contain Ebola after a second person tested positive for the Bundibugyo virus, the UN agency's representative in the country said on Thursday.

Brain signals recorded by a gaming headset or a wellness gadget could one day be used as evidence against you in court, according to a new UN report which warns that neurotechnology is outpacing the laws meant to protect human rights.

Countries must accelerate efforts to prevent lead exposure, which is estimated to cause more than 3.5 million deaths globally each year and affects hundreds of millions of children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

LONDON, October 14 (IPS) - At this year's highest-profile UN event, Donald Trump publicly mused over his 'big decision' about whether to 'annihilate' Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as dozens of delegates walked out, branded those .. ...

BERLIN, Germany/WASHINGTON, D.C., USA , October 14 (IPS) - The world lost more than 7 million hectares of forest to deforestation in 2025, a modest improvement on recent years but still far from what is needed to meet global forest protection targets ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for promoting, providing and protecting health in the Eastern Mediterranean region, home to some of the world's top humanitarian crises such as Sudan, Yemen and the Occupied Palestinian ...