The Security Council backed reforms Wednesday to reduce inefficiencies, corruption and abuse in the U.N.'s far-flung peacekeeping operations, a key priority...
A walk through central Beirut reveals a great paradox: despite the six years of war in neighbouring Syria that has battered Lebanon’s economy, apartments,...
A British man was due in court on Thursday after being extradited from Germany for allegedly launching cyber attacks against two of Britain's best known...
A British man has been extradited from Germany after being accused of launching cyber attacks on the networks of Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays banks this...
Standing in sweltering heat for hours at a time, painted head to toe in the colors of the tax authority, Emmanuel Howard has become a fixture at traffic...
Democratic Republic of Congo declared its two-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease
Morocco’s king has canceled plans to attend a West Africa summit this weekend in Liberia due to the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the...
When I entered the United Nations Secretariat building for the first time as secretary-general in January, my first act was to lay a wreath honoring more than...
The U.N. peacekeeping chief says he expects operations in Haiti, Ivory Coast and Liberia to end by March 2018, saving hundreds of millions of dollars.
Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his family out of poverty in eastern Sierra...
Norway displaced Denmark as the world's happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United Nations and dozens of its affiliated agencies are facing deep funding cuts and possibly an end to U.
Washington's new U.N. envoy Nikki Haley is putting in motion a far-reaching review of U.N. peacekeeping that is likely to lead to closures and downsizing of...
The African Union agreed Monday to readmit Morocco 33 years after it quit the bloc, following a difficult debate over the status of Western Sahara, according...
West African leaders said it was no longer possible for Gambia's veteran leader Yahya Jammeh to stay in power as regional military forces stood ready to...
Gendarmes fired shots into the air inside their camps in the Ivory Coast cities of Daloa, Man and the capital Yamoussoukro Tuesday, witnesses said, raising...
West African leaders announced Monday they would return to Gambia to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down, as the strongman was left looking...
The West African regional bloc stands with the people of Gambia and will apply diplomatic solutions to solve the country's political crisis, the body's chair...