UNITED NATIONS

The U.S. is one of the only countries doing worse than it was 25 years ago, with maternal mortality rates rising to 14 deaths per 100,000 live births from 12, the United Nations said.

As temperatures drop, Sweden has said it is running out of room to shelter refugees and is telling people to consider going back to Denmark.

In a new report, the United Nations Refugee Agency urged countries to act immediately to end statelessness before the problem is "set in stone."

A video shows an Israeli jeep running over a fleeing protester in the West Bank.

A U.S. official says Mexico must show results on its human rights abuse cases, such as last year's disappearance of 43 students.

“Thanks to a little orange box, kids truly believe they can make the world a better place,” the UNICEF site says.

"How much more evidence do you need of failure of compliance before you act?" an organizer said, blocks away from U.N. headquarters.

Japan banned child sexual abuse imagery in June 2014, but excluded manga comics.

Pro-Israel advocates have long accused the refugee agency of being politically charged and have accused its local workers of promoting hatred.

The first charter was signed by 51 countries in San Francisco in 1948.

"Since fighting broke out nearly two years ago, children have been plagued by conflict, disease, fear and hunger."

Internet-based businesses have opened up a new front for outsourcing to India, home to millions of youth with little education and few job prospects.

The Syrian civil war is responsible for a growing number of Palestinian casualties.

A U.N. document reportedly recommended that member states consider decriminalizing drug possession and personal consumption, and argued that “arrest and incarceration are disproportionate measures.”

President Obama praised Iran's agreement to additional monitoring and dispatched Ambassador Tom Shannon to Vienna to discuss the next steps.

Ukraine won a nonpermanent U.N. Security Council seat Thursday, setting up future shouting matches and possible calls for veto reform.

With the world’s attention focused on the Middle East and Europe, the leaders of small island countries have pointed to a separate burgeoning refugee crisis.

If and when a global deal to curb climate change is done in Paris this December, the matter of enforcement is likely to be left not to sanctions but to peer pressure.

With a large investment at stake, the North African country isn't budging in a territorial dispute over Western Sahara, where indigenous Sahrawis seek independence.

Scientists warned Thursday that climate change and weather patterns could cause another global coral bleaching with huge negative consequences.

Officials estimated that approximately 500 refugees were entering the German city of Hamburg on a daily basis.