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A judge from a United Nations criminal tribunal tricked a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while she pursued a PhD in law at the University of Oxford, a court has heard.

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.

Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city.

António Guterres issues call after saying he was ‘deeply moved’ by meeting with US doctors who worked in Gaza.

Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country’s male-only imperial succession rule.

Aleksandr Zingman and his colleague Oleg Vodchits attended the United Nations’ climate conference in Baku. Zingman has been linked to opaque, environmentally damaging mining practices.

AI is being trained to spot buildings in low-resolution images to try to end inequality between the global North and South when it comes to mapping.

Review also highlights racial profiling in police practices, and failure to address legacies of colonialism and slavery

“This equates to an average of two health care workers killed every day,” British charity warns.

Aid group workers also taken as UN says it is trying to secure access to its personnel and clarify the situation around the detentions

Agency chief says compound has suffered a number of attacks with the lives of UN staff ‘at a serious risk’

The world might not be ready for another ‘devastating pandemic’ with global response to ‘health threats’ waning, according to a bombshell new US intelligence report

The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country

Palestinian staff at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis in the south of the besieged Gaza Strip, were allegedly blindfolded, stripped and beaten by Israeli soldiers

The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.

The new edition of Mr Vince's book urges readers to "stop the Tories" to stop the climate crisis and argued Rishi Sunak's decision to axe key climate pledges had handed Labour an advantage

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been forced to flee the country after mob boss Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, freed 4,000 prisoners in an attempt to overthrow the government

An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 17 people in Khan Younis, and comes as the UN said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape and “sexualised torture” on women in its southern Israel attacks on October 7

As the race for a Republican and Democratic Presidential candidate heats up on Super Tuesday, here's what is stopping former President Donald Trump from winning today

A UN report found there is 'reasonable grounds to believe' Hamas militants committed sexual violence against hostages taken during the October 7 attacks, including rape

Ultra-processed food has been linked to more than 30 damaging and deadly health outcomes, including cancer, heart problems, type 2 diabetes and even depression and anxiety

The six worshippers and teacher, members of the Congregation of Brothers of Sacred Heart, were kidnapped from outside a school in the Haitian capital of Port Au Prince

Former President Donald Trump is set to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference among other leading figures in right-wing politics across the world