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The U.N. humanitarian agency says it's cutting its 2,600 staff operating in more than 60 countries by 20% because of “brutal cuts” in funding that have left it with a nearly $60 million shortfall

Member states of the International Maritime Organization have voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime carbon emissions, the UN shipping body announced Friday.

Facial recognition and a ‘journey pass’ stored on passengers’ phones are part of UN-backed plans to digitise air transport

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said Friday, warning that existing funding gaps meant that hundreds of thousands were deprived of protection

The US president adores the attention, but while leaders struggle to mitigate the damage he causes, other emergencies are getting worse, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Storms that swamp vast stretches of country’s coast may become decadal norm or even more frequent

Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to facilitate relief efforts after the country’s devastating March 28 earthquake

UN rights office says 36 Israeli air strikes between March 18 and April 9 killed only Palestinian women and children.

Exclusive: Lawsuit says ‘unconstitutional’ order violates right to share information with court’s chief prosecutor

London, the brightest light in what was once the world’s first and greatest champion of free trade, is at a crossroads along with Britain. As the world closes up in damaging trade wars, we face difficult choices about how to survive. So it’s time to look to the other side…

Oman hosts U.S.-Iran nuclear talks this weekend, the first in years. Iran may propose a temporary deal but warned it could expel UN inspectors or hide enriched uranium if threatened. U.S. called the threats "dangerous." Read more at Dynamite News.