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Nearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid ong...

At a historic crossroads, just 11 days after the collapse of the Assad regime, Syria faces a fragile mix of hope and chaos, plagued by a vol...

Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, ac...

The historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of horrific human rights violations could bring accou...

Senior UN officials remain in Syria on Tuesday where they have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government, following the o...

As the world navigates rapid digital transformation, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has convened in Riyadh, Saudi A...

The UN’s top Syria envoy held talks in Damascus with the head of the new administration as well as the prime minister of the caretaker Gover...

Authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed in the enclave in the last 14 months, as humanitarians...

Increased humanitarian aid is needed in Syria amid “immense” changes that offer hope to a nation emerging from a 13-year-long war, the top U...

Farmers in Saudi Arabia are being encouraged to adopt new irrigation techniques as water and land resources are put under increasing pressur...

Ongoing military operations by Israeli forces in Gaza continue to cause devastation for civilians trying to escape the fighting, with mounti...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an armed group designated as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council, has emerged as the dominant fo...

Describing the level of devastation across the Gaza Strip as “absolutely staggering”, the Head of Emergency Communications for the World Foo...

Secretary-General António Guterres said the UN is “totally committed” to supporting a smooth transition of power in Syria through an inclusi...

Peace is possible in Yemen, and continued support from the international community is essential to achieve it, the UN Special Envoy for the...

UN agencies continue their response to the humanitarian crises in Gaza and Lebanon, as access challenges, food shortages and reconstruction...

Following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime on Sunday, Syria has entered a period of profound uncertainty, and the UN will have a vital...

Syria’s historic power reset coupled with the highly volatile situation there, has increased basic needs in a country where nearly 17 millio...

Barely 48 hours since opposition forces including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept into Damascus and forced out President Bashar al-Assad, t...

The historic shift of power in Syria at the weekend has added yet another layer of complexity to the Middle East crisis, with hostilities on...

As reports continued to emerge from Damascus where opposition forces declared victory on State television on Sunday, the UN’s top humanitari...

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Syria announced on Saturday that the Organization is removing non-critical staff from the co...

The UN General Assembly-mandated team investigating serious crimes in Syria released a new report on Friday, documenting systematic torture...

The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution helping strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property and fac...

Intore dance in Rwanda, equestrian art in Portugal, Tomyum soup in Thailand, and the artisanal knowledge surrounding the making of sake in J...