Life

Business-as-usual not an option with future global food security in jeopardy, cautions UN agency

Photo:Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric.

Multilingual education is 'absolutely essential,' UNESCO chief says on Mother Language Day

Photo:A little girl reads her paper in class in rural Nepal.

Critical food aid shortages hit Africa's refugees hard, UN warns

Photo:A young girl stands with her water container ona bank in the UN Protection of Civilian Camp

Famine declared in region of South Sudan – UN

Photo:Displaced women and children under a hot sun in South Sudan's Maban County, where food

IAEA Helps Burkina Faso Scale Up Fight Against Tsetse Flies

Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 17 February 2017

In Bangladesh, Providing Safety Nets to Young Mothers for a Promising Future

February 19, 2017

In Bangladesh, Providing Safety Nets to Young Mothers for a Promising Future

February 19, 2017

First World War Engagement Centres Funding Extended

17 Feb. 2017

Global heat melts Arctic and Antarctic sea ice to record lows – UN agency

Photo:A polar bear in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located between mainland Norway and the N

'No time to lose' as humanitarian catastrophe looms in Somalia – UN agencies

Photo:A pastoralist in northern Somalia, a region hit hard by drought.