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Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, revealed his intentions to stand down as High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations.

The UN said children are stranded in a rebel-held suburb near Damascus and five have reportedly died from a lack of medical care.

A high-ranking UN official visited North Korea for a four-day trip in an attempt to ease tensions in the region.

Elements of genocide against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims seem to be present in crisis, human rights tsar tells UN council.

As the UN oceans chief warns we are facing a 'planetary crisis', researchers are trying to replace synthetics with biodegradable fungi.

Ratko Mladić, the Serb commander who presided over the murder of more than 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia, will die in jail.

Analysis by the Global Carbon Project shows that total emissions from all human activities will reach 41 billion tonnes in 2017.

Concentrations are now at their highest for 800,000 years, which could lead to "severe ecological and economic disruptions", according to a new report.

Sophia was one of the panellists at the event centred on the rise of technology, specifically AI and its potential to accelerate global development goals.

The US State Department announced its decision to leave Unesco — which would come into effect on 31 December 2018 — because of the UN agency's "continuing anti-Israel bias".

The UN pulls out staff from two districts in Malawi after mob attacks on people accused of vampirism left at least five dead.

China refuses to recognise North Korean woman as refugees, leaving many to be sold as wives where they must work in the fields and be violated regularly.

Protesters chanted "do not allow terrorists into this country" as they stormed the UN shelter.

Kim Jong-un's regime threatened to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean.

The statement came from North Korea's news agency.

The UK PM referred to the US role in climate change.

'Humiliating for our nation,' one Twitter user wrote.

Crisis has drawn global condemnation, with UN officials demanding Myanmar halt "campaign of ethnic cleansing".

'There is no point in having an emergency session if it produces nothing of consequence,' Nikki Haley said.

Nikki Haley said that the US is prepared to use 'considerable military forces' to defend itself.

The judge said the victims were "deprived of the chance of survival"

Unicef and WHO waging grim battle to contain outbreak in conflict-ravaged nation.

With heavy rains expected to continue, officials have asked people to move away from rivers and hillsides.

ICC prosecutor warned that acts of violence in Kasai could constitute "war crimes".

The panel chair described the breach as part of a "sustained cyber campaign".

NYT says UN expert murdered in Kasai, Zaida Catalan, had collected the audio evidence on her laptop.

Some security experts found links between WannaCry and previous hacking efforts by Lazarus Group.

World Meteorological Organisation declares 1970 cyclone in Bangladesh worst ever.

An air defence shield will be constructed, covering most of Russia's northern coast.

Hekmatyar also calls for the Taliban to begin peace negotiations with the government.