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With its mission up for renewal, the U.N. force is under pressure to disband even as Israeli airstrikes continue along one of ...

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...

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International recognition will do as much to rebuke Hamas’s maximalist demands as it will those of the Israeli right, dealing ...

A whistleblower claims World Food Programme and U.N. agencies rejected Israeli security assistance, blocking aid distribution ...

It's report card season for climate change. Each year, the United Nations takes stock of whether countries are on track to cut carbon emissions and limit global warming. The grade this year: needs ...

Sixty-five years ago, 14 African countries gained independence from France. Many African nations celebrate their 65th ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations. Here are photos ...

Here are some of the United Nations' history-making events as the world body marks the anniversary of its founding on June 26, 1945, when the U.N. Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.