In 2010 the United Nations passed a resolution calling access to clean water a fundamental human right. It wasn’t an idle declaration. “More than 2 billion people don’t have access to clean, safe ...

Ever wondered what it would be like if a group of 16-year-olds were tasked with solving some of the world’s largest problems? Well, you’re in luck, because Tufts Model United Nations is hosting its ...

Vanuatu has tabled a draft resolution to the UN to formally endorse last year’s International Court of Justice advisory ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and 123 partners are urgently seeking $1.6 billion to deliver critical life-saving assistance and more dignified support to 5.9 million people across seven countries ...

When my grandfather went to war in 1939, he didn't hesitate. Today, only 35% of Brits would do the same. What has changed in our national psyche?

The staunch principle has allowed Tengtou village to avoid the "pollute first" path, transitioning into a paradigm where ...

The health system's new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center puts access, integration, and early intervention at the center of pediatric mental healthcare. At Children’s Nebraska, solving for the ...

An Idaho House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would add assisting someone in a mental health or suicidal crisis to Idaho’s Good Samaritan laws. The House Judiciary ...

UN warns of 'catastrophic' hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria ...

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of ...

The biggest harbinger that things were about to fall apart in Iran didn’t come from the thwarted anger of the country’s opposition or the frustrated hopes of young people hungry for more personal ...

GENEVA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Women are bearing the brunt of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, with the majority of female-headed households not having enough food to eat, the U.N. said on Friday. "Female ...