START limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads and intercontinental ballistic missiles each side can maintain; the deal has been extended for five years
World Health Organization says pandemic is having profound consequences at a time when cases and deaths from deadly disease are rising
IPU membership includes parliamentary bodies from 179 of the world’s 193 countries
15-page report documents in excruciating detail other forms of punishment meted out to prisoners, including extermination, rape and other forms of sexual violence, denial of medical care and starvation
Attacks by ADF killed at least 849 civilians and injured dozens last year in Ituri and North Kivu provinces; sexual abuse and abductions also alleged
Agencies say more than 120,000 people displaced by war in northern Syria are struggling to survive weeks of torrential rains and heavy winds
Efforts to draft a new constitution for battle-scarred Syria have ended for now with no progress and with fading hopes of breaking the deadlock
Conditions are particularly dire for tens of thousands of refugees in DR Congo who are scattered across 40 localities in remote, hard-to-reach areas
UN human rights officials say successive governments have done nothing to redress the public’s grievances or hold perpetrators accountable for past abuses
WHO reports cases and deaths are surging because of more contagious COVID-19 variants on the continent
UNHCR appealing for $100 million to help thousands of African refugees risking their lives
Somber United Nations ceremony in tribute to those who perished in Nazi death camps is dominated by fear that lessons of Holocaust were being lost and forgotten
More clinical evidence is needed to know whether the two-dose regimen of the vaccine protects against the coronavirus variants, experts say
Survivors of this devastating storm are in urgent need of food, tents, drinking water, mosquito nets, and other essential relief
Latest ILO projections for 2021 show most countries will experience a relatively strong recovery in the second half of the year as global vaccination programs kick in
The recent rise in violence puts the security and the ability of aid workers to help residents at risk
UN Agency cites risk of spread of COVID-19, measles, cholera, malaria, yellow fever and meningitis
The number of internally displaced people in the Sahel has quadrupled in just two years and is rising
Special envoy says political process must be accelerated, as Syrian people have suffered too much, for too long
Humanitarian groups say maintaining sanctions would prevent life-saving aid from reaching Yemen’s needy and put the lives of millions of children at risk
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