Hundreds lined the Route 38 bridge over the Fox River Saturday to rally for International Women’s Day and protest the ...

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...

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 ...

The UN flag is seen at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. [Photo/Agencies] The year 2025 marks the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese calendar. In his Chinese New Year ...

"In his speech, Sergey Vershinin noted the Group’s major role in upholding the UN Charter principles in their entirety and ...

Countries Tell Ukraine 'You Are Not Alone' After UN Adopts Neutral Stance on War By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres, at the Geneva meeting, said human rights around the world were being "suffocated" and made reference to horrifying abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Some might be skeptical of the importance of UN scrutiny, but independent, international oversight is crucial. Without it, governments can more easily sidestep accountability and tough questions. The ...

Britain will introduce sanctions soon against Rwanda over fighting in neighbouring Congo, a minister in the UK Foreign Office told Reuters on Monday. Asked if Britain would impose sanctions on Rwanda, ...

“The security situation in eastern DRC has reached alarming levels,” Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressing that since ...

The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council began on Monday with a warning of a "sharp decline" in human rights and a call for "robust" response by states. The session, which will continue ...