The United Nations General Assembly held secret-ballot elections for the Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday.  As of 1 January next...

UNICEF and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) renewed their commitment to fighting poverty and promoting the health and wellbeing of...

Many of us think about the impacts of climate change as something happening only in the distant future. But for Joanna, a superstorm took...

Girls have long been the subject of photographers’ lens—but they have far less often been the ones behind it. When we set out to document...

India's success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals can change the face of the world, UN General Assembly President Maria...

Around 10pm one night in October 2017, in the rain forests of central Sumatra, Feri grabs a hammer, loops it over his shoulder, and...

The Challenge Violence is perhaps the most significant and destructive challenge to the development, growth, wellbeing, and the very...

With over 826,000 people affected by heavy flooding affecting most of Nigeria, humanitarian agencies continue to step up efforts to...

Are synthetic rhino horns an ingenious conservation tool–or a misplaced idea that will make things worse? When 1,028 rhinos were poached...

"I can’t read or write but I think education is very important in life." KHARTOUM, Sudan, 28 September 2018 – Bahri market, north...

India is “totally committed” to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) said Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday,...

The 2018 Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Forum convenes business leaders and policy experts from Latin America, the Caribbean and...

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has launched a global initiative which aims to create greener, more liveable cities...

The United Nations Secretary-General launched a new partnership strategy with the world’s 1.8 billion young people on Monday, to help put...

Nyle DiMarco is just a foreigner speaking a different language. That’s how the actor, model and advocate introduces himself to people who...

Dimiana Nange Clement is a young refugee and a budding farmer. The 11-year-old lives with her family in the Kalobeyei integrated...

As conflict continues to rage in Yemen, leading to widespread economic hardship and a rampant inflation, the World Food Programme (WFP)...

In the background, AI is being used in a huge range of settings, from helping to land a plane, to getting a parcel to you more quickly,...

Do you know much about seaweed farming? No? Well, neither did we until our interest was piqued by a story in The Jakarta Post about a...

The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted, through several shipments in August, over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical...