UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy recommended on Monday to set a timeframe to lift the US sanctions imposed on Sudan. The official is tasked with looking at the negative...

On the 68th anniversary of the partitioning of Palestine, Hamas has called on the UN to correct its “oppressive historical mistake” in the passing of UN resolution 181, Felesteen...

Algeria announced yesterday that several North African countries would hold the seventh conference in Algiers to discuss the latest developments in Libya. The Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Egyptian authorities to put in place a regular schedule to open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt to allow for the...

The Egyptian foreign ministry has rejected a call by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to investigate the killing and injury of Sudanese migrants in the Sinai Peninsula near the...

The annual “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”, as articulated by the UN, was held yesterday, resulting in several condemnations of Israeli policy including settlement expansion. Described...

The Special Rapporteur of the UNHCR, Idriss Jazairy, arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday for a visit aimed at evaluating the impact of US sanctions imposed on...

As the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People approaches, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Israel’s use of excessive force fuels anger and frustration, Almesryoon.com reported...

A member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has called on the newly-appointed UN envoy to Libya not to exclude any of the Libyan parties from the political...

The Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, has insisted that his country’s position on the Western Sahara conflict has not changed. “Algeria’s position on the Western...

A senior UN official yesterday described the Israeli policy of demolishing the houses of Palestinians who have allegedly committed crimes as “punitive demolitions” and said they are “form of...

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on Decolonisation, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl gave a detailed overview of the restrictions faced by the organisation which,...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is unable to finance 60 per cent of people’s needs in Sudan, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi told...

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, has written an article published in the Los Angeles Times criticising the international community for not doing more to protect civilians...

UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has requested “full clarification” of reports that the UAE shipped arms to Libyan factions in violation of a UN arms embargo. His comments...

The decision by the UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, to step down and take up a high paying job in the UAE has raised speculations about Abu Dhabi’s...

In the wake of the release of Egyptian journalist Hossam Bahgat from state prison, UN officials have reiterated their “grave concern at the situation of fear and intimidation of...

Leaked Emirati emails have shed light on the extent of the UAE’s involvement in Libya over the summer, the New York Times revealed. The emails show weapons were shipped...

The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has said that the conditions for the political solution in the country are in place. Hence, he seems to...

Libya’s permanent ambassador to the UN has accused the British intelligence services of leaking a lengthy email to the Guardian newspaper which was sent by former UN envoy Bernardino...

Russia will deliver the S-300 missile system to Iran, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported a Russian official as saying yesterday. Sergey Chemezov, the head of the state-owned Rostec, confirmed the report,...

A United Nations official has criticised the storming of a Palestinian hospital in Jerusalem by Israeli troops, saying that Israel should respect the Palestinian people’s right to obtain healthcare....

The Association for Victims of Torture and Enforced Disappearance in the UAE said it hopes the Abu Dhabi government will accept the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and...

Egypt’s representative at United Nations voted on Friday in support of Israel’s bid for membership of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Israeli...

Israel reiterated its rejection today of the draft resolution proposed by New Zealand in the UN Security Council calling for the revival of the settlement process to resolve the...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O’Brien, has said that around 13.5 million Syrians are currently in need of urgent humanitarian aid and protection,...

At least 120,000 people have been displaced in three major Syrian cities because of fighting since early October, the United Nations said Monday. The UN humanitarian affairs agency said...

Israel must refrain from taking any unilateral steps in Jerusalem; Anadolu Agency reported a UN spokesperson as saying yesterday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric’s comment came after...

Prior to visiting Jerusalem and Ramallah, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recorded a speech in which the current Palestinian resistance in the West Bank was again mangled beyond recognition. In...

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah said his country has not ruled out military intervention in Syria if Saudi Arabia and Turkey proposed it pointing out that his country has...

UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) yesterday opened a new refugee camp in the Anbar governorate, west of Iraq, to receive those displaced from areas witnessing clashes between Daesh...

US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected a French proposal on Monday which calls for the deployment of international observers in Jerusalem to oversee the status quo in Al-Aqsa...