Then, Sultan learned that Afghanistan's central bank was no longer able to access billions of dollars of its reserves, a vital source of money to help keep the economy running and prevent runaway inflation.

Swelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced some 237,000 people since the start of the year, the United Nations (UN) said Friday. "Escalating clashes between non-state armed groups and the Congolese army in North and South Kivu provinces are intensifying one of the world'

Geopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets under pressure, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (IL

The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday

The Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, Erastus Ekitela Lokaale, has been appointed as co-facilitator of a panel tasked with the review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society.

WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”

President Donald Trump on Monday signed scores of executive orders, including one to withdraw from the World Health Organization. WHO, based in Geneva, Switzerland, serves as the United Nation's health agency and is responsible global public health.

The protest is small but loud. As limousines drive past, a few hundred young people have gathered on the Postplatz square in Davos, Switzerland. The high-altitude resort in the Alps that usually belongs to skiers looks different this week.

GENEVA (Switzerland) - Launch of the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation (1300 GMT) DAVOS (Switzerland) - Conversation with David Beckham (0830 GMT) DAVOS (Switzerland) - Special address by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission (0950 GMT)

Inger Andersen delivers a welcome speech at the Geneva Environment Network High-Level 25th Anniversary Celebration.

How might Putin view Donald Trump? Borys Bondarev: I think similarly to how the old Bolsheviks viewed Hitler. The word that comes to mind here is "icebreaker,

Inger Andersen delivers a welcome speech at the Geneva Environment Network High-Level 25th Anniversary Celebration.