COVID-19 threatens not only hard-won development and peacebuilding gains, but also “risks exacerbating conflicts or fomenting new ones”, the UN chief reminded the Security Council on Wednesday, during ...

UN peace operations "will need to be able to continue their operations to support the host countries in this especially challenging time," the EU added. Some UN diplomats are hoping that Africa's ...

As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that having the right tools and technology to fight infectious diseases is at the forefront of healthcare innovation priorities. In times like these, ...

The latest United Nations Human Development Report details vastly uneven economic and social development that is leaving the world’s poorest people behind, worsening inequality and stoking political ...

More than two years on from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 20 countries across the world today still deny access to asylum for people fleeing conflict, violence, and persecution based ...

The multi-hundred-billion dollar defense bill which funds the U.S. military is now written to prod the U.S. intelligence ...

Family members and close friends of people with COVID-19 have elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety, a study from Karolinska Institutet published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe reports.