US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said his country is “deeply troubled” by escalation of the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC and called for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting ...

The United States has officially notified the Secretary-General of its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, effective 27 J6, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday ...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for concerted action to tackle neglected tropical diseases, which impact more than one billion people – often with devastating health, social and e ...

At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, North Darfur, on Friday ...

The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams on the ground indicate a fast-deteriorating situation on Tuesday amid an ongoing assault by M23 rebels on t ...

The Kenyan embassy in Kinshasa has been looted in protest against the ongoing civil disturbance in Goma, the regional capital of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The implementation of new laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo\'s regional and international partners must exert pressure on all parties to the conflict in the east of the country — including the Rwandan-backed M23 fighters ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday condemned the assault on Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 and affirmed the United States’ respect for the sovereignty of the DR Congo ...

The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk, Human Rights Watch (HRW said on Monday ...

As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s ...

The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days ...