UN (United Nations)

Myanmar's war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a United Nations report,...

WASHINGTON — A top UN official on Wednesday (Oct 30) urged a probe into the killings in Bangladesh d...

APIA, Samoa — Singapore believes in the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and wil...

UNITED NATIONS — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi sought to burnish his country's credentials as a g...

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court is due to sentence two former editors on Thursday (Sept 26) who have b...

GENEVA — A United Nations team of investigators on Myanmar is closely monitoring reports that execut...

When Pope Francis touches down in the East Timorese capital of Dili this week he will be landing in ...

GENEVA — Human-rights groups and the United Nations are using Saturday's (Aug 31) two-year anniversa...

HANOI — Vietnam has filed a claim with the United Nations for an extended continental shelf (ECS) in...

SINGAPORE — Singapore is prepared in principle to recognise Palestine as a state and will make this ...

Myanmar's central bank denied a UN report that the country's military government can still access mo...

WASHINGTON — International efforts to isolate Myanmar's ruling junta appear to have dented its abili...

SINGAPORE - Singapore has called on Russia to cease hostilities and negotiate with Ukraine in good f...

MANILA — The Philippines filed a claim with the UN on Saturday (June 15) to an extended continental ...

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea laundered US$147.5 million (S$199 million) through virtual currency pla...

SEOUL — Efforts led by the US and other Western countries to form new groups to monitor sanctions on...

GENEVA — Afghanistan's Taliban face criticism over their human rights record at a UN meeting on Mond...

The number of civilian casualties, including children, who were killed or maimed by landmines and ex...

CAIRO — Lebanon will file an urgent complaint with the UN Security Council over what it called Israe...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports that military airstrikes in ...