The US Senate will vote on Thursday on legislation seeking to block President Donald Trump’s plan to complete $8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United...

Saudi air defences on Wednesday shot down a drone launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen, according to a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, Anadolu Agency reported. “The drone was intercepted...

United Nations (UN) officials have alleged that Syria and Russia are likely to be deliberately targeting civilian facilities such as schools and hospitals in the opposition-held province of Idlib....

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman should be investigated for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi concluded the UN in a damning report on the killing of the Washington...

Turkey has handed over the chairmanship of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to Jordan, the Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday,...

The United Nations’ World Refugee Day, observed annually on June 20, should not merely represent a reminder of “the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who...

Yemen’s Houthi movement and the United Nations have agreed on a mechanism to inspect ships docking at Hudaydah following the group’s withdrawal from three Red Sea ports under a...

Nikki Haley has told Israel Hayom that, “I really didn’t know that much about Israel,” an admission which did nothing to hinder her stint as US Ambassador to the...

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl said the UN agency is expected to end the year with a $211 million...

The Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) met in Jordan yesterday to discuss support for the organisation. In a...

United Nations food chief David Beasley warned on Monday that a phased-suspension of food assistance in Yemen was likely to begin later this week over a diversion of aid...

Sarah Idan was handed the Ambassador for Peace award for her pro-Israel advocacy work by "UN watch"

Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council in the internationally recognised Government of National Accord yesterday announced a seven-point initiative to resolve the crisis in his country. Speaking at a press...

Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Sunday he was not prepared to sit down with eastern commander Khalifa Haftar to negotiate an end to the two-month...

Three children and a woman were killed yesterday while others were wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike that was targeting the Yemeni district of Abes in Sanaa’s northern...

Recent oil tanker attacks in the Gulf could be “leverage” for Iran against sanctions imposed by the US administration on the country’s oil exports, a political expert said, Anadolu...

More than 24,000 irregular migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2019, the UN migration agency said Friday, Anadolu Agency has reported. Of that figure, 555 died...

Mohamed El Hassan Labba, the African envoy, announced, Thursday, that international network had been formed to support African mediation efforts in crisis in Sudan. Labba stated that the network...

The United Nations said on Thursday it had confirmed the killing of 17 people and the burning of more than 100 houses in Deleij village in the Darfur region...

Two weeks ago, the architect of the US peace plan for the Middle East — the “deal of the century” — landed in Jordan. Jared Kushner was in the...

Although many reports touch on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria, little has been said about the medical situation in the war-torn country, and the plight of its...

India’s drift towards ethno-nationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the biggest developments of the century. This shift has seen a marked change in the country as...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent violence in Sudan and called for the immediate cessation of violence against civilians, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement,...

One in five people in war zones has depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, with many suffering severe forms of...

At least seven people including two children died after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos, local media reports said on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. According...

Governments and companies should be banned from selling spyware technology and equipment to the UAE and other countries who use it to target journalists and rights groups, a panel...

Up to two million refugees may flee to Turkey if the fighting rages in northwestern Syria as aid funds run seriously low, the United Nations (UN) warned yesterday. The...

Yemen’s foreign minister has submitted his resignation as differences emerge within the Saudi-backed government over the handling of a UN-led peace initiative in the main port city of Hudaydah,...

The families were forced to move out of their rented accommodation after they accrued rent arrears of over 12 months.

As many as 5.1 million Yemenis in need of aid live in areas where humanitarian access is difficult, the United Nations country Office for Coordinating the Human Affairs (OCHA)...

Seventy per cent of unexploded ordnance and mines are still in the rubble in Iraq, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said yesterday. “The presence of unexploded ordnance...

Germany will continue to support UN refugee agency UNRWA, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday. “We see support for UNRWA as very important and we will continue...