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In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, *Yousef stands behind a sealed iron gate, cut off from the olive trees that have sustained his family for generations.

In every corner of the world, educators are making choices that echo across generations - influencing everything from the preservation of forests to the writing of poetry, the building of bridges to the holding of peaceful elections.

Despite the ongoing ban on girls' secondary education, more than 90 per cent of Afghan adults support girls' right to be in class, according to a new alert from the UN's gender equality agency, UN Women.

Iraq has taken an historic step with the launch of its first ever national migration plan, designed to promote safe, orderly and regular pathways for Iraqis returning home and around 370,000 migrants living and working inside the country.

More civilians have been killed and injured in Ukraine following recent hostilities and attacks across the country, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday in an update.

A new resolution by the Thai Government that will allow long-staying refugees from Myanmar to work legally in the country was welcomed on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, as a significant boost to the national economy.

The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces - bringing the total killed overall to 247 since the war began - should shock the world into action, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday.

Monday marks eight years since the mass displacement of Rohingya from Rakhine state in Myanmar and the United Nations is calling for greater international solidarity with the mainly Muslim minority community.

Dr. Nouf moves briskly from patient to patient wearing her mask and gloves, with a stethoscope resting around her neck, driven by a strong passion to help the vulnerable at the Migrant Response Point (MRP) in Ma'rib in Yemen.

Victims of atrocities and freedom fighters across history can inspire future generations to build just societies, the chief of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on the occasion of the International Day for the ...