Israel drops leaflets warning northern Gaza residents to evacuate south
The Israeli military told the U.N. that the entire population north of the Wadi Gaza wetlands should "relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours."
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The Israeli military told the U.N. that the entire population north of the Wadi Gaza wetlands should "relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours."
"Climate breakdown has begun," U.N. chief says, adding: "The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting."
"Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Trump pulled the U.S. out of the U.N. agency. Here's why the Biden administration believes America "can't afford to be absent any longer."
The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the war against Russia, even though the United Nations urges the warring countries to avoid using them.
Biased gender social norms are a major barrier to achieving gender equality, the report's authors warn.
War, poverty and climate change have driven 42 million children from their homes, leaving them "exposed to heightened risk of violence," the U.N. warns.
"Nobody is going to be untouched by these changes that are happening," an expert from the U.K. Met Office warned.
The global body marked World Press Freedom Day by warning that lethal threats were not only rising, but changing in disturbing ways.
The United Nations celebrates Spanish Language Day annually on April 23, and here's how you can celebrate.
The latest step in the Taliban's systematic obliteration of women's rights will also be a major blow to the humanitarian aid work millions of Afghans rely on.
The world is facing a looming global water crisis that threatens to "spiral out of control" as increased demand for water and the intensifying impacts of the climate crisis put huge pressure on water resources, a UN report has warned.
"Afghanistan has become a prison for women," one activist told CBS News, "and the world is just watching."
The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was a well-established concept.
Jolie first started working with the U.N. refugee agency in 2001 and was appointed its special envoy in 2012.
The U.S. allegations are part of a deliberate effort by the U.S. to drive global isolation of Russia.
The UN estimates that the world won't possibly hit 9 billion until the late 2030s, though.
"A milestone year, when we anticipate the birth of the Earth's eight billionth inhabitant" says U.N. chief.
The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is the only way to save the remaining glaciers, but last week the U.N. warned there's "no credible pathway" for that to happen.
Nations pledged to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but three new U.N. reports show that the world is on track to hit nearly double that in less than 80 years.
Kofi Annan, the first black African to lead the United Nations, has died at age 80.
President Donald Trump on Saturday declared "Mission Accomplished" for a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, but the Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians if it chooses.
A Woodland apartment complex is one of two housing projects worldwide to receive the World Habitat Award from the United Nations. The Spring Lake development by Mutual Housing has been recognized for its sustainability achievements.
"Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime," Trump said about the North Korean leader.
