Life

Education critical in preventing adolescent pregnancy, underscores UN agency

Photo:A 16-year-old girl advocate against child marriage walks to her school, passing a sign that

Antibiotic resistance making gonorrhoea ‘sometimes impossible’ to treat – UN health agency

Photo:Gonorrhea tests can be done on urine samples or samples of body fluid from the area where t

Monthly global food price index up 1.4 per cent; cereal stocks set to hit new record, says UN agency

Photo:A farmer collects rice after a harvest in Sundorgonj, Gaibanda, Bangladesh.

NIH and collaborators identify the genomic cause for Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome

July 6, 2017, Maryland USA

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg

4 JULY 2017 | GENEVA

New UN report encourages African countries to harness growing tourism sector

Photo:Spectacular Victoria Falls, seen from Livingstone, Zambia.

Amid rising temperatures, UN agency launches video ‘forecasts’ on impact of climate change

Photo:A girl enjoying water fountains amid city summer heat.

Turning national pledges into action crucial in fight against hunger, stresses head of UN agency

Photo:Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric.

Tanzania Must Lift Cruel Ban on Teen Mothers Returning to School

July 3, 2017

Ending occupation only way to lay foundations for lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace – UN officials

Photo:A group of youngsters sit on an abandoned building in Gaza.