The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Friday that the number of attacks on the ...

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The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...

Sexual violence against children has increased 1,000% since 2023, turning their bodies "into battlegrounds", spokesman James ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that while an Israeli ban has not yet forced the agency to ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

UN peacekeeping must be fit for purpose as the nature of conflict evolves in the 21st century along with new weapons ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

Over 150 women were raped and killed during a mass jailbreak in Congo's Goma, as inmates set fire to the prison. The incident ...

Taoiseach Jack Lynch's request followed many such demands by nationalists for the UN's engagement in Northern Ireland ...