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The main takeaway from this year's Davos conference was best expressed by the US Vermont independent senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders when he said; "The oligarchs party...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said yesterday that his country and Italy are ready to help Tunisia overcome "the current crisis and return to the democratic path." This came during...

Somalia's National Drought Relief Committee, on Thursday, said 6.9 million people in the Horn of African country are facing severe water shortages and food insecurity as the worst drought...

More than 100,000 poor Palestinian families in Gaza will receive $100 each from Qatar today as part of the monthly aid which has been distributed for four years. Ambassador...

Egypt will position itself as an impartial arbiter while hosting this year's COP27 UN Climate Summit, as it pushes other nations to act on climate pledges while promoting the...

Talks with Iran aimed at ending a long standoff on explaining the origin of uranium particles found at apparently old, but undeclared, sites are at "a very difficult juncture",...

Join us for a live conversation with Prof. Michael Lynk, the 7th Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories (2016-2022), as we discuss his final...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders has called on the Egyptian government to stop targeting members of rights group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). As part of its widening crackdown...

Yemen is searching for new wheat suppliers but will need help to pay for increasingly costly imports, an official and a main importer said, as the World Food Programme...

Over 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, according to new data released by the UNHCR, making it the highest number on record. The...

Residents holed up in Syria's Rukban camp on the Jordanian border are suffering from a severe food shortage after soldiers prevented smugglers from bringing food to the camp. The...

The United Kingdom has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to extend the cross-border mandate in Syria, in an effort to enable humanitarian aid to cross into Syria through...

It was understandable why, on 29 November, 1947, the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 181, partitioning Palestine and creating a Jewish state. In the wake of the Holocaust, there...

The position of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, has never been occupied by a woman. Until 1...

Some 59.1 million people were internally displaced in 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said today. "The situation today is phenomenally worse...

The war of words between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara has taken on a new dimension with Algerian special envoy Amar Belani describing statements by the Moroccan ambassador...

The first commercial flight took off yesterday from Yemen's Sanaa International Airport after a hiatus of nearly six years due to a blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition. The breakthrough comes...

The United Nations said yesterday that Israel's expulsion of 13 Palestinian communities in  the occupied West Bank in order to conduct military exercises is "inhumane and illegal." This came during a visit by UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Samer Abdel Jaber,...

The European Union has denied reports claiming the bloc intends to reduce its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), describing them as...

Civilian casualties in Yemen have decreased by more than 50 per cent since the start of the two-month truce early last month, according to a press release yesterday by the Norwegian...

A new road for illegal Israeli settlers has been built by Israeli occupation forces in a Palestinian village near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency. The...

The United Nations, US, UK and EU, on Wednesday called for a thorough investigation into the death of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, during an Israeli raid in...

Lebanon's government and its central bank have committed human rights violations by impoverishing people through the "callous destruction" of the country's economy, an independent United Nations report said today, Reuters reports....

Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said yesterday that Turkey's decision to build dams which would harm the Iranian people and negatively affect water flowing into the Islamic Republic...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria said that the regime and opposition sides negotiating a Constitution are "far from a political solution" to end the 11 years of conflict,...

Syrian human rights organisations have called on the United Nations to investigate the Tadamon massacre in Damascus in 2013 carried out by members of the regime's Branch 227. "We...

The United Nations' Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, yesterday called for the reopening of the country's oilfields "as soon as possible." "I met with Libyan National Oil...

At least 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of this year, the Health Ministry said on Monday, and Anadolu News Agency reports. A Ministry...

On April 27, 2022, 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution requiring the five permanent members (P5) of the Security Council (the United States, Russia,...

Sudan has been in turmoil since 25 October, 2021 when the military dismissed Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency, a move decried by political forces as a “military coup”.

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Queen Rania are to receive the Path to Peace Award in New York later today. The annual award, which will be presented by the Path...

Kuwait yesterday warned of the consequences of Israel's plans to expand illegal Jewish settlements built in occupied Palestinian territories, Quds Press reported. In a statement, Kuwait warned against the repercussions of...