UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for "global action" this year to limit climate change as international weather experts began a quadrennial congress in Geneva.

Malaysian authorities find 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges Southeast Asian nations to deal with the causes of humanitarian crisis forcing Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to flee by sea.

The United Nations and the United States condemns a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries.

The UN Refugee agency, UNHCR, welcomes the commitment announced by the foreign ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand to resolve the migrant crisis.

North Korea has abruptly cancelled UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit one day before he was due to arrive.

The UN chief and his deputy speak separately to leaders in Southeast Asia reiterating the need to protect lives and uphold the obligation of rescue of the stranded migrants at sea.

Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expresses grave concern over reports that Indonesia and Malaysia have pushed back boats carrying vulnerable people from Myanmar and Bangladesh.

UN says armed groups in Central African Republic agrees to release all the children working with them and end child recruitment

Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...

A teenage boy has been rescued after surviving for five days in the rubble of a building, following an earthquake that killed some 5,500 people in Nepal.

The civilian death toll from fighting and airstrikes since the bombing started on March 26 reaches an estimated 551 people,United Nations says.

Bangladesh government should appeal to UN to solve Teesta river water sharing issue since there has been no progress in signing the deal bilaterally, water and environmental experts say.

Bangladesh welcomes the understanding reached between Iran and five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany on key parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran's nuclear programme.

UN secretary general calls upon the authorities in all relevant institutions to ensure that elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations will be transparent, inclusive and credible.

According to a UN report, more than 25,000 foreign fighters have traveled to join militant groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State

United Nations expresses deep concern over attacks on journalists and intellectuals in Bangladesh in the recent days.

Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the basis of a long-term settlement aimed at ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, officials said

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accuses the Iranian-allied Houthi on Saturday of staging a coup against him and appeals to the United Nations for “urgent intervention”, even as the United States evacuated its remaining forces