NIGERIA MOSQUE TARGETED IN DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING

Boko Haram's recent attacks in the state had taken place farther to the north... READ MORE›

DEATH TOLL RISES TO 40 IN NIGERIA SUICIDE BLAST

The attack early Tuesday was the first in the town since it was recaptured from Boko Haram three years ago... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM STRAPPED SUICIDE BOMBS TO THEM SOMEHOW THESE TEENAGE GIRLS SURVIVED

For years Boko Haram fighters have forced girls into marriage, a euphemism for rape, sometimes impregnating them... READ MORE›

THESE SMART PUPS CAN SNIFF OUT TERRORISTS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

But these canines are specially trained to pick up vapors from explosives wafting through the air from suicide vests, belts and backpacks... READ MORE›

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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST

The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›

SUSPECTED SUICIDE BOMBER SHOT AT BRUSSELS RAILWAY STATION

Belgian soldiers have shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station, officials say... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

NIGERIA: SUICIDE ATTACKS KILL DOZENS IN MADAGALI

Attack on a vegetable market near a Boko Haram stronghold kills at least 30 people and wounds more than 50... READ MORE›

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS KILLED 400 SINCE APRIL

In neighbouring Cameroon, Amnesty said since April at least 158 civilians died in Boko Haram strikes, a figure four times higher than the preceding five months... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM USE OF CHILD BOMBERS SOARS

The number of children, mainly girls, used by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram as human bombs has quadrupled this year, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES

In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›

Boko Haram Appears to Be Using Abducted Girls as Suicide Bombers Experts... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

HOW BOKO HARAM IS TURNING GIRLS INTO WEAPONS

When Boko Haram started raiding the border towns, Nigerians ran here, desperate for food and safety... READ MORE›

WHO IS SALAH ABDESLAM AND WHO WERE THE PARIS TERRORISTS? EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE ISIL ATTACKERS

A number of links between Abdeslam and the suspected Paris attack mastermind, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, emerged in the days after the attacks... READ MORE›

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS

In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM BOMBERS KILL DOZENS IN NIGERIA

Three suicide bombers detonate explosives near northeast city of Maiduguri in attacks bearing hallmark of Boko Haram... READ MORE›

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA

To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›

CURFEW IN NIGERIAN CITY AFTER ATTACK

Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted Yobe and Borno and a third state, Adamawa, all in north-east Nigeria... READ MORE›

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS

The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›

70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE

70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS

In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM SAID TO USE MORE CHILDREN AS BOMBERS

Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with only four in 2014, the report found... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS

For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015

The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›

DOG SAVES CHILDREN S LIVES DURING ROAD RAGE SHOOTING

As for meeting the United Nations' interim treatment goal, Guinea and Liberia are believed to be treating more than 70 percent of known Ebola patients... READ MORE›

A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS A HUMAN RIGHT

We could have added environmental human rights to that legacy last weekend but we failed... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL IN PEACEKEEPER SEX ABUSE CASE RESIGNS

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a panel to review how the United Nations system as a whole handles allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers... READ MORE›

"THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA WILL BE DONE ONLY BY AFRICANS," GUINEA'S PRESIDENT STATES

Two top United Nations UN officials have condemned political vigilantism in Ghana after thugs from the ruling party attacked a court last week... READ MORE›