The Nobel committee honored ICAN for its efforts to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law through the U.N.

The "revolting reality" of recent wars shows just how urgent it is that the international community act to protect religious minorities in situations of conflict, a top Vatican official told the U.N. General Assembly.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke about human rights concerns around the world, highlighting in particular the targeting of Myanmar's Rohingya minority.

The pope’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees message marks a break from past years.

The U.N. has voted to ban the bomb. What comes next?

122 states—but none of the world’s nine nuclear powers—voted to ban the bomb.