A multi-cultural fashion show filmed at the United Nations in New York is reaching its finale on Thursday.

The “Project Runway: All Stars” show is a US-based reality TV programme where contestants compete to design and create new clothes.

The worlds of foreign affairs and fashion come together at the United Nations on Thursday in the season finale of the popular US television show ‘Project Runway: All Stars’.

The June 2014 deadline for the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria can be met according to the Dutch diplomat overseeing the process.

Emergency aid distributions have resumed at Bangui airport in the Central African Republic where an estimated 100,000 people have sought refuge from ongoing internal conflict.

Shelter remains the greatest need for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, the deadly storm which smashed into the Philippines two months ago this Wednesday.

Young people are being urged by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to engage in sport in order to improve their employment prospects.

An appeal for $1 billion to support children affected by the ongoing civil war in Syria has been launched by the United Nations.

Two hundred thousand people have been dispaced in South Sudan following ongoing conflict in the African country, according to the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA).

A decision by Nepal's Supreme Court to block amnesties for serious crimes committed during the country's 10-year internal conflict has been welcomed as a "significant development" by UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay.

The number of internally displaced people in the Central African Republic has reached over 935,000, according to the UN Refugee agency UNHCR, severely limiting the delivery of aid supplies.