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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the "heinous deadly attack" on Sunday against Jewish families gathered in Sydney, Australia, to celebrate Hanukkah.

The 11th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations opened in Riyadh on Sunday with a blunt message for a world riven by distrust: dialogue is not a luxury - it's a survival strategy.

The UN cultural agency, UNESCO, is preparing to celebrate the first ever World Turkic Language Family Day on Monday, following a decision by UNESCO's General Conference in Samarkand to establish 15 December as an annual observance.

On the runway of Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport, ten men embraced their families before departing for Germany -- the start of a bold new chapter.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is ending operations this month but support for the country will continue, Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed at the official closing ceremony in Baghdad on Saturday.

In a world shaped by conflict and digital noise, the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) called for young people to make the 21st century the last century in which humanity witnesses war.

Drone attacks targeting the UN logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, on Saturday killed six peacekeepers and injured eight others - all members of the Bangladeshi contingent serving in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

BELÉM, Brazil, December 12 (IPS) - By any comparison, the statistics for Sindh People's Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF) are phenomenal.

In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.

The UN Security Council meets at 10 AM in New York to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid intensified fighting and mass displacement. UN Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix is due to ...