United Nations

Research shows that 10-20 minutes of fake or real laughter has overwhelming health benefit.

Staff Reporter May 06, 2012

UNWTO statistics suggest the number of outbound travellers, globally, will rise to one billion by 2012, leading to fears of increased trafficking.

Sanskrity Sinha Apr 30, 2012

Omar al-Bashir cracks down in border states of South Kordofan, White Nile and Sennar.

Staff Reporter Apr 30, 2012

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor guilty of 'aiding and abetting' war crimes at Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 26, 2012

Alain Juppe says UN-brokered ceasefire has failed to halt violence in Syria and wants to move on to 'next step'.

Staff Reporter Apr 26, 2012

Iran is considering a Russian proposal to halt nuclear programme to avoid EU sanctions.

Staff Reporter Apr 26, 2012

UN-African Union peacekeeper and 16 civilians killed in separate attacks in disputed area.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 25, 2012

Israel will also build a wall along the Lebanese border.

Staff Reporter Apr 24, 2012

UGNazi hackers have launched a DDoS attack against the CIA official website.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 24, 2012

With about 78 million Chinese expected to travel abroad in 2012, China will outdo U.S. and Germany in outbound travel by end of the year.

Sanskrity Sinha Apr 20, 2012

Hillary Clinton urges stricter sanctions on Bashar al-Assad regime to give peace plan teeth.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 20, 2012

Border tensions escalate between two major players in Horn of Africa.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 19, 2012

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who has long been the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will take on a new role - a Special Envoy for large-scale crises causing civilians to flee homelands.

Staff Reporter Apr 18, 2012

The African Union suspended Guinea Bissau's membership on Tuesday over last week's military coup, adding that the West African country won't be reinstated until army chiefs restore civilian rule.

Staff Reporter Apr 17, 2012

Hollywood actress and UNHCR’s goodwill ambassador takes on new and expanded role

Toyin Owoseje Apr 17, 2012

Bombardments by President Bashar al-Assad's troops continue to break the peace.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 16, 2012

Pair believed to be part of human trafficking ring that sends women to Asia to be forced into prostitution.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 16, 2012

No major attacks reported since the ceasefire came into effect but army violations taking place, claim activists.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 12, 2012

US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said test would be blatant violation of international obligations under Security Council resolutions.

Vasudevan Sridharan Apr 10, 2012

Global food prices rise for the third consecutive month, according to the United Nations.

Shane Croucher Apr 05, 2012

Twin miseries of poverty and war contribute to growing problem of drug addiction in Afghanistan.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 05, 2012

Residents hide in fear as Tuareg and Islamist rebels turn to looting in seized regional capitals.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 04, 2012

Jewish settlers who took over house in Hebron's Palestinian area should be allowed to stay, says high-ranking official.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 03, 2012

The United Nations General Assembly released a statement to mark the fifth World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) - 2 April.

Simi John Apr 03, 2012

Russia has called on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to pull his troops from the country's streets.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 02, 2012

Conference participants want deadline set for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop bloodshed.

Anissa Haddadi Apr 02, 2012

Afghanistan has been the greatest opium producer in the world, which is used to make heroin, the most dangerous drug worldwide.

Simi John Apr 01, 2012

Iran helps Syria get round boycott by providing tanker to ship oil to China state-run firm.

Anissa Haddadi Mar 30, 2012

With over 200 brands in 180 countries and more than 30 million customers, TUI Travel, the leisure travel company expects to see greater share of online bookings in 2012 and is scheduled to release its pre-close trading update on Thursday.

Naresh Kumar Mar 28, 2012

Israel angry with decision to investigate Jewish settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Anissa Haddadi Mar 26, 2012