Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the UN Human Rights Commission was an attempt to shield Israel from accountability, but it may have backfired among voters in...

The imprisonment of Ola Al-Qaradawi, daughter of prominent Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, and her husband Hosam Khalaf is “a flagrant violation of the international law”, the United Nations Working Group...

A war monitor reported Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition-held areas of the southwest today for the first time in a year, escalating an assault that has...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have indicated they would be willing to hand over management of Hudaydah port to the United Nations, a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has caused...

Egypt has called on the international community to “share the collective responsibilities of hosting refugees,” Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Wednesday. “We renew...

The UN was offered a supervisory role to monitor the port of Hudaydah but rejected the proposal, the leader of the Houthi rebels claimed in a live broadcast on...

Moroccan human rights activist Khadija Al-Ryadi has described the US decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council as “arrogant” and “political hypocrisy”. She made her comments in...

The UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry has characterised the siege imposed by the Syrian regime on eastern Ghouta as “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. The commission said in...

The Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has slammed Washington’s decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. “In making such a decision,”...

The UN announced on Tuesday that the ongoing fighting and air strikes in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah since the beginning of this month have led to 5,200 families...

The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced on Wednesday that the country was pulling out of the UN Human Rights Council. Trump-appointee Haley accused the council of...

The US has often failed to live up to its own ideals but never before has it systematically rejected long-standing values which, in the eyes of many, has made...

Two days after leaving Gijon in northern Spain Al-Awda and Freedom – two boats that are part of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza – arrived in Lisbon, Safa reported....

Figures released by UN refugee agency make for grim reading. According to the UNHCR the number of displaced people worldwide is estimated at 65.6 million, of which 22.5 million...

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday voiced regret over the decision by the US to unilaterally withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “The Secretary-General would...

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths left Sanaa on Tuesday, wrapping up a four-day visit during which he spoke with leaders of the Shia Houthi rebel group. Griffiths...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, yesterday expressed deep concern over attacks by the Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni city of Hudaydah....

The UK has joined the US in condemning an alleged anti-Israel bias at the UN, pledging to vote against issues on Palestine brought by the Human Rights Council. Foreign...

The United Nations could update its blacklist of companies doing business in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) by September, according to a report in the Jerusalem...

A Bahraini official announced that an Israeli delegation will participate in a meeting of the World Heritage Committee organised by UNESCO and hosted by his country from 24 June...

The UAE will continue its air strikes on the strategic port town of Hudaydah in Yemen until the “unconditional withdrawal” of the Houthis, the country’s foreign secretary said. In...

Myanmar’s leader is doing her best to cover up her country’s international crimes against Rohingya people

The UN envoy for Yemen arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Saturday for talks on the key aid port of Hudaydah where rebel fighters are battling a regional...

At least two Palestinians have been injured after Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) carried out airstrikes in blockaded Gaza Strip, health sources said on Saturday. According to a health...

UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie visited Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday and urged the international community not to forget residents trying to rebuild their city. Iraqi forces seized...

With dusty desert sprawled across the region, Middle Eastern and North African nations must prepare better for drought as water shortages look set to worsen, the United Nations said...

Forces from a Saudi-led coalition were poised to enter the airport of Yemen’s main port, Hudaydah, on Friday as the Arab alliance prepared to seize the city in the...

Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen’s Hudaydah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the port city in the largest battle of a war...

The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an urgent halt to a Saudi- and United Arab Emirates-led offensive in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, calling for the port to...

Debris from five missiles fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi group since July 2017 “share key design features with a known type of missile” manufactured by Iran and some of...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed the recent United Nations vote on recognising Israel’s use of excessive force against Palestinians as “another major defeat for the US”. The...

UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura said yesterday that that he will meet with Russian, Iranian and Turkish officials in Geneva to discuss the formation of a Constitutional...