The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

A new exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, asks, what if the most radical climate tool isn't technology, but the ability to dream?

Nicki Minaj will represent the Trump administration at the United Nations to address Christian persecution in Nigeria. Here's what she plans to announce and why her collaboration with the White House is drawing global attention.

The United Nations Security Council voted Monday in favour of a US-drafted peace plan for Gaza, that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state. It marks a significant step for the fragile ceasefire after more than two years of war between Israel…

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

INVESTIGATION: As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in to shape the future. Rachel Schraer reports

The hazy UN resolution dictates that Trump’s ‘board of peace’ will supervise an International Stabilisation Force, whose membership is as yet undetermined

‘China was playing chess while the rest of us were playing checkers’

Securing the Belém Action Mechanism is a top priority for climate justice advocates at the talks in Brazil

First-term MP Jess Wilson has become the first woman to lead the Liberal party in Victoria

Host country Brazil’s tactful guidance as host of the U.N. climate conference is raising hopes for ambitious action on fighting global warming as speeches continue from the high-level ministers in town

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees