EU leaders warned Thursday (February 25) that tight travel restrictions must remain as the bloc battles to get its troubled coronavirus vaccine roll-out back on track.

Ghana on Wednesday (February 24) became the first country to receive vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute Covid inoculations for free for poorer countries.

Countries are making progress towards greater gender equality, but women around the world continue to face regulations that limit their economic opportunities -- and the pandemic has created new chall

A notorious Iraqi preacher said to be the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group's de facto leader in Germany was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison by a German court on Wednesday (February 2

President Joe Biden ordered flags lowered to half mast Monday (February 22) after the United States crossed the "heartbreaking" milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, while Britain eyed lifting lockdow

A year after nine people, including at least five Kurds, were killed in a racist shooting in the German city of Hanau, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday urged all Germans to unite against fa

At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a "catastrophe" at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said Sunday (Februar

Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday (February 13) on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans closed ranks and refused to punish the former preside

There was an "unprecedented escalation" of human rights violations against migrants in the Aegean Sea last year, a campaign group said Friday (February 12), accusing Greece and the EU's border patrol

The US Senate was expected to deliver a verdict in Donald Trump's impeachment trial this weekend after his lawyers argued Friday (February 12) that the former president bears no responsibility for an

Fossil fuel pollution caused more than eight million premature deaths in 2018, accounting for nearly 20 percent of adult mortality worldwide, researchers reported Tuesday (February 9).

The United States said Monday (February 8) it would "re-engage" with the UN Human Rights Council, nearly three years after former president Donald Trump's administration withdrew.

President Joe Biden has quickly launched a campaign to support LGBTIQ people abroad, putting their rights higher on the US foreign policy agenda than ever before.

The UN Security Council and General Assembly on Thursday launched the recruitment process for the next secretary-general, a post currently held by Antonio Guterres who has announced he will seek a sec

A worldwide "reset" is a priority for 2021 after a year filled with "tragedy and peril," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday (January 28).

Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken.

The US Senate on Tuesday (January 27) easily confirmed Antony Blinken as secretary of state, with key members of the rival Republican Party backing him.

The US House of Representatives presented a single article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday (January 25) accusing Donald Trump of inciting the storming of the Capitol, setting in motion the firs

Greece and Turkey will bow to EU and NATO pressure on Monday (January 25) and hold the first direct talks over their explosive eastern Mediterranean standoff in four years.

Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden undid some of Donald Trump's most controversial immigration policies and sparked cautious hope that millions living in the shadows could one day get