The United Nations will convene a meeting of parties in the Cyprus dispute in Geneva in late April, the first such meeting since 2017 when talks about the divided...

The US has asked to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council in another move that, superficially at least, spells a departure from the Trump administration's withdrawal from the institution....

The Palestinian Authority ambassador and the Council of Arab Ambassadors to the UN continue to meet and have contact with the members of the Middle East Quartet, Security Council...

The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard, said Iran had violated the right to life of the passengers and crew onboard the Ukrainian...

As the international body entrusted with world peace, security and conflict mediation worldwide, the United Nations (UN) has been involved in Libya's internal conflict from the very start. This...

UN aid chief Mark Lowcock urged Gulf states to step up next Monday when the world body seeks to avert a large-scale "man-made" famine in Yemen by raising $3.85...

US President Joe Biden's administration said today it would continue its international re-engagement by seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council where it will press to eliminate a...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories (OCHA) has reported that the Israeli occupation authorities demolished 89 Palestinian-owned structures in the past two...

Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis protested in front of the UN Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA)'s office yesterday calling for the international...

Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, said yesterday that Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Humsa "raises a real risk of forcible transfer." In a statement,...

The Biden administration in Washington is set to declassify an intelligence report which could be a vital step in the search for accountability over the murder of respected journalist...

Blackwater founder and former CEO Eric Prince denied playing any role in sending mercenaries to support the forces of renegade General Khalifa Haftar in Libya. This came in response...

A classified report prepared by UN investigators revealed that the founder of the private security company Blackwater, Eric Prince, violated the arms embargo in Libya and tried to overthrow...

Iran's Foreign Minister has said that his country has informed the UN Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, that it is ready to help end the war in Yemen. "Saudi...

Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said he escaped a "well-planned" assassination attempt yesterday in which gunmen fired on his motorcade in the capital Tripoli, though an armed force that...

Dozens of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip staged a protest on Sunday against the recent decision by UNRWA to downsize food coupons, Anadolu has reported. Organised by a...

Gunfire and mortar fire rocked the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday amid a government lockdown, as opposition presidential candidates staged a rally to force President Mohamed Farmaajo to...

The US rescinded on Thursday reimposing United Nations (UN) sanctions on Iran restored in September by the Donald Trump administration, international news agencies reported. In a letter seen by...

A US State Department spokesman said on Friday the US reversal of its position on the so-called "snap back" of UN sanctions against Iran strengthens the United States' ability...

An increasingly intense assault by Yemen's Houthi rebels on the government-held city of Marib "must stop" amid spiraling humanitarian fallout, the UN's envoy for the country warned Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported....

The UN office for humanitarian affairs Thursday said about 1.3 million people were displaced in Somalia in 2020, Anadolu Agency reports. "Out of a total of 2.9 million IDPs [Internally Displaced...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibilities and immediately take firm measures to stop the Israeli airstrikes in Syria. In...

This month, the United States removed the Houthis from its list of designated terrorist groups, a decision thought wise by the administration of President Joe Biden. That move, more...

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are three times more likely to die with COVID-19 than the population as a whole, according to UN figures that highlight the pandemic's outsized impact...

The United States said on Tuesday that creating a conducive environment for elections in Iraq later this year includes tackling Iran-backed militias, Iran's destabilising activities in the country, and...

Mogadishu and the UN on Monday sought $1.09 billion to assist Somalis in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021, reports Anadolu Agency. The federal government of Somalia and UN's Office...

Ali Asghar Haji, senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, said yesterday that Tehran is counting on the possibility of buying weapons from Russia to protect the region's security....

The Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, said the kingdom will continue to consider Yemen's Houthi group as a terrorist organisation, despite the United...

Some 16 million people in Yemen will suffer from hunger this year; an issue that must be taken into account when dealing with the war in the country, a...

A fundraising event for Yemen's humanitarian crisis is expected to take place in early March, hosted virtually by Sweden and Switzerland, four aid sources told Reuters on Sunday. A...

The UN Security Council has rejected Belgium's request to seize $59 million (49 million euros) of Libya's frozen assets, Libya's permanent delegate to the UN said Saturday, Anadolu Agency...

A report by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and SAM for Rights and Liberties revealed that the Houthi group has forcibly recruited around 10,300 children in Yemen since 2014,...