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UN Assembly President rings Nasdaq bell; sounds alarm on behalf of world's endangered ocean

Photo:Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (at pod

More than 350,000 children vaccinated against polio in hard to reach areas of Syria – UN

Photo:A health worker vaccinates a child against polio in Ghatno, central Syria, Homs.

Pregnant, breastfeeding women among most at risk in Yemen's cholera outbreak

Photo:At 22 May Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen, Dr. Farea checks in on a pregnant woman with cholera.

Female mouse embryos actively remove male reproductive systems

August 17, 2017

UN humanitarian team activated in Nepal in wake of severe floods and landslides

Photo:People displaced by the floods take temporary refuge along a road in southern Nepal.

Yemen's cholera epidemic surpasses half-million suspected cases, UN agency says

Photo:At the Al Sab’een Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen, a doctor checks on a girl suffering from chole

Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies

Photo:A woman purchasing cabbage from a farmer in a vegetable field in Lubumbashi, Democratic Rep

Guterres says UN stands in solidarity with disaster-hit Sierra Leone

Photo:A view of Freetown Sierra Leone.

Youth can play 'critical role' in creating a peaceful world for generations to come – UN chief

Photo:Young children play outside after the school day ends in rural Nepal.

UN agency sounds alarm as drought-stricken herders in Ethiopia face massive livestock losses

Photo:The most severe drought in decades has struck parts of Ethiopia, exacerbated by a particula