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The vote follows World Health Organization guidance saying that due to cannabis' therapeutic use and other factors, it "is not consistent with the criteria" for a Schedule IV drug.

“A Third World War — which so many had feared — has been avoided,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. “This is a major achievement of which member states can be proud — and which we must all strive to preserve.”

Under the agreement hammered out in 2015, the first day that countries can reverse the promises they made is Nov. 4, 2019. It will be another year before the American withdrawal is official.

Low- and middle-income nations are still tens of billions of dollars a year short for recovery from the increasing number of disasters, according to a new report.

The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines on how much screen time young children should get: Less is better for children under 5, and…

Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, has been a fierce advocate for President Trump's policies at the United Nations. It is not immediately clear what prompted the move.

Updated at 1:06 p.m. ET.President Trump defended his "America First" agenda in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, in effect…

President Trump will speak at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He will highlight progress with North Korea, while calling for more pressure on Iran.

The State Department said the withdrawal from the United Nations' cultural agency will take effect Dec. 31, 2018. The U.S. had cut funding to the group years ago for offering Palestinians membership.

President Donald Trump will speak before the United Nations General Assembly this morning. It's the first time Trump will speak before the body, which...

In this first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump took on the global threats posed by North Korea and Iran and reiterated his "America First" approach to policy.

North Korea is blaming the United States and threatening "something thousands of times worse" in response to a package of sanctions that the U.N. Security Council passed unanimously over the weekend.