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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who assumed his functions as the world’s top diplomat this week, has offered to play role of an honest broker between Pakistan and India as the two South Asian nuclear powers face...

UN Photo/Manuel Elias With United States abstaining, the U.N. Security Council on Friday approved a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory and declaring all such constructions since the 1967 war, including in...

Wounded children in Aleppo, File Photo: Voice of America News: Scott Bobb report Aleppo, Syria via Wikimedia Commons United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon Friday said “the carnage in Syria remains a gaping hole in the global...

A galaxy of Pakistani film stars studded the UN Headquarters in New York as the first-ever Film Festival began after a glittering Friday night event. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who was the chief guest, congratulated...

As President-elect Donald Trump shapes his administration, international environmentalists are anxiously hoping that Washington would stay the course on addressing climate change. Republicans have largely espoused a different approach to climate change and reasons for environmental degradation...

“I pay tribute to the courage of all media personnel who put their lives on the line for the sake of truth,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on the occasion of International Day to End Impunity for...

Wonder Woman, the iconic superhero, has been made a United Nations honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls, despite a petition arguing against the decisio The controversial choice came emerged, as the UN teamed...

Top United Nations experts have urged the Indian government to immediately release human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was arrested last month in Indian controlled Kashmir under a controversial public safety act. “Mr. Parvez is a...