By AFPAs civil war pounds Myanmar's economy and drives up prices, garment worker Wai Wai often starts her shift making clothes for international brands on an empty stomach.The orders she and thousands of others churn out for big names including Adida...

By AFP/Shaun TandonAs global climate negotiators seek to eke out progress, participants say they are witnessing backsliding in one unexpected area -- gender.Previous climate summits, like many UN events, have spoken routinely of the need to involve w...

By UN NewsThe World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating global hunger crisis – or roughly what the world spends on coffee in just two weeks.This call follows the release of the agency’s Global Outloo...

By UN NewsThe delivery of life-saving aid across Gaza “is grinding to a halt” amid a surge in armed looting targeting humanitarian convoys, the senior aid official in the region said on Thursday.Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian T...

By UN NewsThis year of conflict in Syria is “on track to be the most violent since 2020”, with the potential for even greater devastation looming on the horizon, the UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria told the Security Council on Thursday.“Many millio...

By AFP/Jan HennopThe International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, as well as Hamas's military chief Mohammed Deif.The unprecedented move drew a furious...

By AFPChildren made up nearly 40 percent of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the UN agency for children said Thursday.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed...

By UN NewsThe war in Gaza represents “the biggest stress test” the UN has faced in its work to forge greater peace and a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, according to the senior envoy who has been at the forefront of these effort...

By AFPA year after a flash flood ripped through Derna and killed thousands of people, the coastal Libyan city is hosting a theatre festival with a message of hope.The city in the war-torn country's east is still reeling from the flooding that destroy...

By AFPHundreds of migrants left the Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Wednesday, aiming to arrive at the US border before President-elect Donald Trump -- who has vowed massive deportations -- takes office in January.The group of about 1,500 people se...

By UN NewsUN Secretary-General António Guterres made a strong call to action as COP29 approaches its crucial conclusion in Baku, imploring world leaders and negotiators on Thursday to overcome their disagreements and reach an historic climate finance...

By UN NewsUN humanitarians warned on Thursday that one in four people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffers from “crisis or worse” levels of hunger that affects a staggering 25.6 million people.The alert from the Food and Agriculture Organi...