International Organisations

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday that starting Geneva talks on Syria without a ceasefire in place is “betrayal”, Alkhaleejonine.com reported on Friday. Speaking to reporters following...

Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon held a sit-in in front of the UN headquarters in Beirut today to protest the cuts in health services provided by the United...

Iran is seeking to increase its oil exports after the lifting of sanctions, saying it needs to recoup its market share, making Tehran a challenge to any deal among...

Syrian peace talks are to kick off Friday afternoon in Geneva without any delays, UN spokesperson Ahmad Fawzi has said, despite an announcement from the Syrian opposition that they...

The Russians and Americans are keen to stick to specific “principles” for the management of the Syrian war; at least this is what President Vladimir Putin has tried hard...

Speaking during the UN Security Council's session on the Middle East last Tuesday, the organisation's Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, managed to create both anger and agreement among his audience....

Hamas yesterday called on the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take practical measures to end the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported. The call came...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday sharply rejected Israel’s prime minister’s accusation that he encouraged terror by saying it was human nature for oppressed people to react to occupation....

Amnesty International slammed Iran in a new report for its plans to execute 160 minors, stressing that the move “reveals Tehran’s hypocrisy”. The watchdog said in a report published...

Israel has accused UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of encouraging "terror" by suggesting that alleged knife attacks by Palestinian youth were a natural reaction to Israel’s heavy-handed occupation. "The UN...

Saudi Arabia's Permanent Mission to United Nations was briefly evacuated Tuesday after staff reported a suspicious package, officials said. The New York Police Department told Anadolu Agency that a...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that the Palestinian react to the Israeli occupation is “natural” and that it is a result of their "frustration", the Anadolu Agency reported....

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed on Monday the European Commission’s position regarding Israel and accused it of employing a policy of “double standards” towards the country. During...

More than 40 per cent of Europeans believe that Israel carries out genocide against Palestinians, Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett said a recent report showed. During the Sunday meeting...

Whenever Mariam Aljamal’s children hear the sound of thunder at night, they wet their beds. Their reaction is almost instinctive, and is shared by a large number of children...

A new phase of political negotiations were supposed to start in Geneva today, 25 January, between representatives of the Syrian opposition and the Assad regime, as part of the...

Both Palestinian Authority (PA) and UNRWA extended mid-year school holidays as the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been experiencing a cold wave, the strongest for decades. Palestinian Meteorological...

Amid heightened tensions between Israel and Western allies, Israel on Thursday confirmed a major annexation of 154 hectares (380 acres) of territory north of the occupied West Bank. Israel’s...

A new UN-backed Libyan government was unveiled earlier this week. It is the result of over a years worth of mediation on the part of the United Nations in...

Peace talks scheduled to be held between Syrian opposition forces and the Assad government in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday have been postponed, the UN announced yesterday. “It is likely...

The Arab League welcomed a European Union Ministerial Council decision to "continue to implement the EU’s legislation which applies to the Israeli settlement products, renewing its commitment to ensure...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday: “It is clear that we cannot only expect Turkey to fulfil its commitments while the European side is...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was not possible to confirm if a UN sponsored peace conference scheduled for 25 January between the Syrian opposition and regime will...

All UN efforts to provide relief to Taiz have failed, Alkhaleejonline.com reported Yemen’s Local Affairs Minister Abdel Raqib Fatah saying yesterday. “All efforts done by the UN organisations to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to convince the countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans to oppose a decision expected to be taken by the European Union’s...

In my last article, titled “The expulsion of Palestinians from Lebanon: A systematic policy”, published on 13 January, I noted that the reduction in UNRWA’s educational and health services...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s condemnation of Syria’s starvation policy is welcome. He was absolutely right to make clear that the use of starvation as a weapon of war is...

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has been working relentlessly to thwart a European Union decision that would firmly distinguish between Israel and territories occupied in the 1967, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper...

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal said yesterday that his movement will take urgent action to help solve the Palestinian refugee crisis in Lebanon following UNRWA’s decision to reduce financial aid...

The European Union today announced that it would be sending €12.3 million ($13.4 million) to the Palestinian Authority’s social allowances programme to benefit poor Palestinian families living in the...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has launched an appeal to collect $817 million for the relief of refugees in...

A former Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday accused Tehran of promoting sectarianism and seeking to destabilize the Middle East through subverting governments and funding Shia militancy....