The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guideline on the use of a new class of weight-loss medicines, ...

Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, ...

A record seizure of cocaine off the coast of Haiti has underlined the island nation’s “pivotal role in trafficking routes ...

Pooja Mishra’s health kept worsening until she began treatment for HIV at age 19, two years after her diagnosis. From wondering if she’d ever be able to live a normal life, today she is youth ...

A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced people in Nigeria is demonstrating why it is essential that people ...

Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst flood disasters in two decades, with nearly one million people affected and more than 400 reported dead or missing after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic ...

Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and ...

Myanmar’s planned late-December elections are unfolding in what UN rights officials describe as an atmosphere of fear, ...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the “brazen killing” of two Palestinian men by ...

The United Nations has strongly condemned the military coup in Guinea-Bissau, warning that the overthrow of elected ...

The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts ...

Exceptional women business leaders such as African engineer-turned-entrepreneur Norah Magero are demonstrating how lived ...