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All regions of the world saw water extremes last year, both floods and droughts and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said. Large areas of the planet recorded drier than normal conditions in 2021, the…

An influential Libyan official said that the United Nations' special envoy should meet with the joint electoral committee made up of rival Libyan factions, to start constitutional arrangements for elections. Aguila Saleh, the influential…

The Nigerian Government is seeking UN's assistance in addressing its Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP and Great Green Wall issues, GGW. The Government says this will help them to restore loss lands in the country.…

Iran says it will reject a newly-appointed independent United Nations investigation into the country's repression of anti-government protests.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a motion to establish a new investigative mission to probe Iran's suppression of mass protests that have roiled the country since September.

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations have called on the United Nations Security Council to take "significant measures" in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea.

United Nations officials announced has a second shipment of Russian fertiliser will go to West Africa after a first attempt was blocked in European ports because of sanctions imposed due to the conflict in Ukraine. The move follows talks…

Protesters holding placards reading "No to foreign interference" and "Volker out", in reference to the UN's Khartoum envoy Volker Perthes, marched in Khartum. Thousands of Sudanese Islamists gathered for the second time in two weeks to…

Protesters set fire to UN vehicles in Goma on Tuesday night, protesting against the presence of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The blazes started after rumours about the UN allegedly…

The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine have pressed ahead with the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal despite Russia's withdrawal from the pact.