“The international community cannot be expected to continually pick up the pieces of another war and then pick up the bill.” Uttered by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during...

The Fatah Revolutionary Council said that the Palestinian decision to seek membership into the UN via the Security Council is a “Palestinian right” and that the outcome of this...

A team of experts on the sanctions committee in Yemen have found five individuals guilty of obstructing the transitional process in Yemen, an Al-Jazeera correspondent has found. Reporter Murad...

Talk of “full rights” and “international legitimacy” by Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was once again prominent within its usual inconsistency. Speaking at a meeting with various diplomatic representatives,...

Members of the UN Human Rights Committee quizzed an Israeli delegation on Monday about Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip,...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed on Friday night his “deep concern” over the “provocations” on holy sites in Jerusalem, Al-Arab Al-Yawm said. Speaking to reporters in New York,...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared his intention to stick to his plan of going to the UN Security Council at the end of this month, despite a request...

Palestinian resistance faction Hamas has called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, to support calls for lifting Israel’s years-long blockade of the...

The salaries of some of the employees in the Gaza Strip will reach them in the coming days via Egypt, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. In a statement...

Hamas leader Yahya Moussa said the group does not expect anything from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s visit into the Gaza Strip today. In an interview with Al-Quds Net, Moussa...

“The administration has taken the necessary measures to address any emergency before the start of winter; opening and cleaning drains, determining hazardous locations...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday has urged international support for a U.N. resolution on a timetable to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. “There must be a...

The Syrian regime hid four chemical weapons facilities from UN inspectors, a Western diplomat told CNN on Tuesday. The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Sigrid Kaag,...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that he is greatly concerned over the results of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) fact-finding mission in Syria. In...

Displaced Iraqis in the Anbar province of western Iraq need $300 million to survive this winter, UN officials said yesterday. Kevin Kennedy, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Office for...

On September 24, a special session of the Russell Tribunal critically scrutinized Israel’s summer assault on Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, from the perspective of international law, including the core...

Speaking with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated alleged claims of bias harboured by the imperialist organisation against the settler-colonial state. Claiming application of...

UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar today left Sanaa heading for Saudi Arabia, following weeks of unrest in the capital and the country’s failure to name a new head...

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki announced on Wednesday that the Arab Group of the General Assembly at the UN had approved a draft resolution to present to the UN...

The United Nations has called on the Israeli government to lift the siege that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than eight years now, while also...

“The resumption of operations of the Gaza Power Plant (GPP) continues to be contingent on securing the necessary fuel,” the UN warned, stressing that “even if fuel is secured...

On the first four days of his visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, the coup leader and President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, sat kicking...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Abbas’ speech at the United Nations General Assembly proved he is not a real partner for peace, while Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor...

He was afraid of the protests from the opposition outside the United Nations building, so he changed the date of his speech, giving it a day before schedule, so...

Remarks uttered by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama at the UN General Assembly are of paramount significance to the constant oppression faced by Palestinians....

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday thanked the American President Barack Obama for heading a UNSC meeting to discuss foreign fighters including the Islamic State (ISIS). Addressing UNSC member states,...

Relatives of Palestinian journalists killed during Israel’s recent military onslaught on the Gaza Strip on Thursday called on the United Nations to bring Israeli leaders to court. During a...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised the UN on Wednesday for legitimising the military coup in Egypt and supporting its perpetrator Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi, Al-Amat Online reported. The democratically elected...

Palestinians in Gaza are to encounter further imperialist interference during the already compromised reconstruction process of the enclave. Following his discourse at the UN Security Council in which Israelis...

UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday held a general debate on the “Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories”. United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has called for the international community to intervene and stop an Israeli project aimed at the forcibly displacing...

The Lebanese army said in a statement Thursday that it had informed the head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that Israeli tapping devices installed along...