United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN will cut its budget by 15.1 percent and reduce staff by 18.8 percent in 2026 as unpaid dues from member states climb to $1.59 trillion ...

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the U.N. General Assembly, in New York, Sept. 23, 2025 (AP photo by Evan Vucci). Click to share on Twitter (Opens ...

Uyghurs and rights advocates on Tuesday decried lame global action over a damning 2022 U.N. report detailing torture and sweeping abuses in China's Xinjiang region. Members of China's Uyghur minority ...

GENEVA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council is to investigate abuses in Afghanistan, which could eventually enable criminal investigations into suspected violations by both the ...

As the United Nations marked its 80th anniversary this year, it did so against a backdrop of deepening global turmoil, financial strain and renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump. India, ...

Four United Nations human rights experts have condemned the partial naval blockade of Venezuela by the United States, finding it an illegal armed aggression and calling on the US Congress to intervene ...

GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Monday for a 2026 aid budget only half the size of what it had hoped for this year, acknowledging a plunge in donor funding at a time when ...

Flags fly outside the General Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters. Flags fly outside the General Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters.Bob Krist—Getty Images For ...

The UN assembles in New York City. Correspondent Welcome back to In the Loop, TIME’s new twice-weekly newsletter about AI. We're publishing these editions both as stories on Time.com and as emails. It ...

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Under a new United Nations treaty, 65 countries have agreed to fight cybercrime, including by sharing data and mutually extraditing suspected criminals, despite warnings over ...