The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.

Five United Nations world conferences held in the 1990s emphasized the need for a “society for all”, advocating the participation of all citizens, including persons with disabilities ...

With the end of that war, and the creation of the United Nations, the international community vowed to never again allow atrocities like those of that conflict to happen again. World leaders ...

Olga Touloumi’’ s book reveals how bureaucrats and technical advisors—not star architects—helped shape the design of the ...

That's according to award-winning author Colin Woodard, who writes in his book "American Nations" that there are 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided North America (Canada is ...

Welcome to This Day in History! Today, we take a journey through time to explore significant events that occurred on January ...

Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from ...

For the latest episode of our podcast series, Devex's David Ainsworth and Colum Lynch are joined by Tom Hart, president and CEO of InterAction, to discuss the top global development stories from the ...

For the first time, a United Nations treaty will bear the name of a Vietnamese location. The “Hanoi Convention,” adopted by consensus, is a milestone in global efforts to combat cybercrime. The UN ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the ...