LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Leading European nations and Japan issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of ...

First Lady Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future Together two-day Global Coalition Summit will assemble leaders from 45 nations and 28 best-in-class ...

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Which countries suffer from high levels of inequality? Has global inequality declined over the past three decades, or remained persistently high? Surprisingly, the answers depend on where you look.

A new phase in the global debate over colonial responsibility may soon unfold at the United Nations. Ghana has announced that it plans to submit a ...

Foreign ministers from a group of Arab and Islamic countries have jointly condemned what they described as “deliberate Iranian aggressions,” following a consultative ministerial meeting held in Riyadh ...

In an overwhelming vote, the council backed a resolution condemning Iran. A Russian proposal calling for an end to the war ...

The United Nations will hold elections in April for the 19 members of the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, ...

UN member countries should work to align the emerging United Nations tax convention with international human rights law to achieve its objective of advancing sustainable development.

Even as American and Iranian officials were participating in Omani-mediated talks aimed at preventing further escalation between the two nations, the United States, alongside Israel, launched military ...

Tens of millions more people around the world could face acute hunger as the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt shipping and drive up oil prices.

First Lady Melania Trump opened today’s United Nations (U.N.) Security Council meeting with a decisive message to its members: “Peace does not need to be fragile.” Mrs. Trump’s message of tolerance is ...