The number of asylum applications lodged in the EU plummeted by a third last year because of border restrictions thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic, the bloc's asylum assistance agency said on Tues

Violence against children in war-torn countries soared in 2020, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an annual United Nations report released on Monday (June 21).

The UN rights chief on Monday (June 21) called for concerted action to recover from the worst global deterioration of rights she had seen, highlighting the situation in China, Russia and Ethiopia amon

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82 million -- double the figure a decade ago, t

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin sought to cool tensions in the combustible US-Russian relationship at their first summit in Geneva on Wednesday (June 16), with the US president saying his Kremlin counter

The EU needs to respect refugee law as it copes with migration flows, many of which are triggered by wars, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday (June 10).

G7 leaders will agree to expand global Covid vaccine manufacturing to provide at least one billion doses to the world through sharing and financing schemes, Britain said Thursday (June 10).

The world has marked the first rise in child labor in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said Thursday (June 10)

As the sun dips into the wetlands of northeastern Evros, Greece's river border with Turkey, two Greek guards climb into a boat to begin their daily lookout for irregular migrants.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday (June 8) labeled as a "terrorist attack" the killing of four members of a Muslim family, who were run down by a man driving a pick-up truck.

President Joe Biden outlined his plan Thursday (June 3) for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute globally, with 75 percent of shots disbursed via the Covax pro

The World Health Organization on Tuesday (June 1) approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (June 1) urged Azerbaijani troops to leave Armenian territory after a series of incidents in the last weeks raised fears of a fresh surge in fighting betwee

The OPEC group of oil-producing countries and its allies agreed Tuesday (June 1) to maintain planned production increases, as pandemic-hit demand for crude recovers.

Millions of Turks have been glued to their screens, watching a crime boss tell wild stories about international drug smuggling, murders and the murky ties between politicians and the mafia Thursday (M

Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, monitors said

EU member states agreed Wednesday (May 19) to reopen the bloc's borders to travelers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, European sources said.

France-based NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched its "Journalism Trust Initiative" on Tuesday (May 18), a platform aimed at battling disinformation by identifying and promoting "trustworthy"

The WHO urged wealthy countries Friday (May 14) to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead donate doses to poorer nations, while warning that the pandemic's second year looked set to be

Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in Asia, and most are in India or China, according to a risk assessment published Thursday (May 13).