Prez shouldn’t have questioned loyalty of armed forces’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (retired) Sarath Weerasekera said that the National People’s Power (NPP) ...

There is a risk that Gaza experiences another hunger crisis if Israel continues to block aid, the head of the U.N.

Residents living in Castlemilk left without a major supermarket have taken their fight to the United Nations, claiming it is ...

Last week a group of experts published a 31-page paper that delves into the technical details of how a ceasefire along a more ...

Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and ...

Some 63,000 people have fled to Burundi, which neighbours the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence has continued ...

Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...

Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...

March 3, 2025. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced during the  Bureau Meeting that the next round of ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk will present the United Nations human rights fact-finding report on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of July and August 2024 ...

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a possible breakthrough this summer.

A new round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty will occur in Geneva this August. Previously, nations couldn't reach an agreement on a treaty during meetings in Busan. Key issues include ...