As human rights violations in conflict-affected areas around the world increase, the UN Office of Human Rights is in \ ...

The United States on Wednesday signed five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the governments of Uganda and Lesotho to advance the American First Global Health S ...

Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced ...

The vast majority of World Health Organisation (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use traditional medicine ...

Children caught in conflict, disasters, economic turmoil and other  emergencies face unprecedented dangers as funding ...

Donors have pledged just over $300 million to support a fund that serves as a first lifeline for millions affected by conflict and disasters, the UN announced on Wednesday ...

A proliferating set of international standards—covering everything from food labelling to the specifications of 5G cellular networks—is steadily reshaping the global economic order, delivering heft ...

The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, this week celebrated a landmark achievement in South Africa’s wine industry – the official opening of Klein Goederust Wine Cellar, the ...

In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on ...

A social media ban for children under 16 came into effect in Australia on Wednesday, marking a global first ...

Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, conflicts and rapid technological change are leaving millions behind ...

In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on work ...