The U.N.'s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran has raised concerns over the "alarming" increase in executions in the country.
European Union leaders have made an "ambitious" deal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Some think it's too much, others think it's not enough.
China is seen as North Korea's principal backer at the UN, but its backing is far from assured, according to a leading UN investigator.
The Yazidis, who live primarily around the Sinjar mountains in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, have faced several attacks from ISIS.
The U.N.'s health wing said in an internal memo that "nearly everyone" involved in the response underestimated the epidemic.
At a conference attended by envoys of nearly 30 nations, Qatar committed $1 billion in aid -- the single largest donation by any country.
The international body warned the global response to the Ebola outbreak needs to be '20 times greater' than it was at the start of October.
The motion, if passed, would not change government policy, but might signal a change in European attitudes to Palestinian statehood.
The Israeli leader passionately defended Israel's campaign against Hamas over the summer and had choice words for Iran.
Thousands of terrorists from around the world are fighting for militant groups such as the Islamic State group and al Qaeda.
The quarantine of three districts follows a three-day, country-wide quarantine last week, in the Ebola-hit country.
The resolution requires states to combat terrorism domestically and prevent their citizens from leaving to fight for foreign terrorist groups.
Watch President Obama and other world leaders address the United Nations.
The U.N. has estimated it will cost $1 billion to tackle the Ebola outbreak, and that it could affect 21,000 people by November.
At the opening event of Climate Week NYC, U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon urged leaders to accelerate action on global climate change.
Thinni, Libya’s acting prime minister since March, had sought to reassert control over the strife-torn country by naming a new cabinet.
Libya's prime minister said that three military planes loaded with weapons landed at a rebel-held airport, about five miles east of Tripoli.
"We know what needs to be done but we don't know why it's not being done. It's incomprehensible to us," an MSF doctor in the region said.
A UNICEF report, released Thursday, said that nearly two million children in South Asia die of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
A study published by environmental regulators has said that the ozone layer around the Earth is recovering.
The report also said that over six weeks of violence since July 13 has displaced nearly 100,000 people in LIbya