United Nations

Wealthy nations shift climate change responsibility on to the poor but the tumbling oil market could force their hand.

Israel call controversial UN draft resolution a 'gimmick' after its submission by Jordan to UN.

United Nations International Migrants Day is observed annually on 18 December to promote human rights.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a deadly Taliban attack on a Pakistan school on Tuesday (December 16) as "an act of horror and rank cowardice to attack defenceless children while they learn.""No cause can justify such brutality. No grievance can excuse such horror," Ban said. "Getting an education is every child's right. Going to school should not have to be an act of bravery."At least 130 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and opened fire, witnesses said, in the bloodiest massacre the country has seen for years.

Exclusive: Human rights body alleges prisoners face force-feeding and abuse at the detention camp.

Rights groups call on legal action against US officials for violating international laws.

The Prime Minister will meet with Ahmet Davutoglu and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

Many EU nations, US, Australia and Japan vote against move saying talks must be held at IMF or Paris Club.

International Volunteer Day is observed annually by the United Nations on 5 December.

On 2 December, it is the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

On 25 November, it is United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

21 November is United Nations World Television Day to celebrate communication of current affairs

New report says group have 'significant volume of light weapons' to fight for years.

Decision, supported by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, leaves investigators stranded in Jordan.

Afghanistan's opium cultivation has expanded by 7% in 2014 from the preceding year.

A group of pro-Palestinian hackers called AnonGhost deface a UN website as Al-Aqsa Mosque tensions rise

Rebel-held town has not seen violence for 5 months until now, thanks to a successful truce between rebels and Assad loyalists.

Israeli media report US may not oppose anti-Israel moves at UN anymore in response to settlement construction.

Senior Obama official calls Israeli PM 'chickenshit' and only interested in protecting himself from political defeat.

Violence forces thousands of civilians to flee Tripoli.

UN condemn convoy raid which left one UN officer dead and seven peacekeepers injured.

Stalinist regime defends its labour camp network as good for inmates' moral fibre

At least one United Nations peacekeeper has died in a rocket explosion at a joint UN-French owned military base in Kidal, north Mali.

Resolution demands withdrawal of Israeli troops and independence for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza

Obama warns militants who joined terror groups to "leave the battlefield while they can"

David Cameron is to win cross-party support for air strikes against Isis in Iraq.

Shweta Katti is the first girl from Mumbai's red-light district of Kamathipura to be given the UN award.

The day is dedicated to strengthening the bond of peace within and among the countries around the world

UN Middle East envoy says it will monitor the materials imported into Gaza strip under the deal.

Beijing has expanded its diplomatic role in South Sudan since violence erupted there in late 2013.