Arshi Qureshi is a freelance journalist based in New York City, focusing on politics and social issues. She holds a master's ...

Iraqi lawmakers’ proposal to amend the country’s family law and grant religious courts the authority to legalize marriages for underage girls is being pushed by the country’s Shiite parliamentary ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is tragically ...

A new report from UN Women finds that more than 60 percent of homicides of women are carried out by their intimate partners ...

United Nations peacekeeping faces an uncertain future. Widely seen as a cornerstone of the UN’s contribution in world affairs ...

Argentina also shocked the UN General Assembly Hall on Nov. 15 when it was the sole country to vote against a resolution ...

Trump, who referred to African nations during his first term as “shithole countries,” is also likely to favor cuts in aid: ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is tragically appropriate to take stock of two decades of war and genocide in Sudan and to ...

At the COP29, underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, the crucial but contentious matter of climate financing for the global South ...

United States President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations is one of the world ...

• Stephen Schlesinger, the US historian, UN expert and a PassBlue advisory board member, is speaking at UN headquarters on ...