Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits
Charles Eisenstein’s book, Sacred Economics, offers some practical alternatives to neoliberal capitalism
Failure to govern new technologies to combat global warming could aggravate existing threats to international peace and security
Across all countries and societies, access to health and healthcare services ought to be top priority
He acted within a specific context and entrusted all South Africans to build the society we want
The United Nations secretary-general expressed regret on Friday that South Africa, Burundi and Gambia want to leave the International Criminal Court.
An ongoing rape scandal is casting a dark cloud over an occasion usually reserved for paying tribute to the ‘Blue Helmets’.
Establishing a citizen-elected body at the UN would be a tool to bring us closer to more inclusive and more responsive global solutions.
More UN troops in the DRC are accused of abusing those they were meant to protect – and face paternity claims from their alleged victims.
The trouble is Mugabe probably knows that, according to international laws, he’s not much better than those he is criticising.
Nigerians awaits the first results of a closely fought general election. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm after deadly riots followed 2011 polls.
Israel’s plans for settlements in east Jerusalem are a ‘clear violation of international law’.
Israeli forces say they were met with heavy resistance from Hamas when they pounded multiple sites across the Gaza Strip.
Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 20 people on the third day of a military operation, including four women and four children.
The United Nations is demanding Boko Haram to immediately release the more than 200 girls, who are believed to still be within Nigeria’s borders.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned the drawn-out conflict in the Central African Republic that has left thousands dead and over a million displaced.
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Central African Republic can only succeed if it is given the opportunity to develop, writes David L Smith.
President Salva Kiir’s government and the rebels backing Riek Machar have signed a ceasefire deal, a "critical first step" in peace negotiations.
Barack Obama spoke movingly. Ban Ki-moon paid tribute. But the crowd drew most of the attention at Nelson Mandela’s massive state memorial service.
