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A senior UN political affairs official called for Israel and Hamas to restore the shattered ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday and release all re...

Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widesp...

At least one UN staffer has been killed and at least five others injured – several very severely – following an explosion at their official...

The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday spoke of new “intolerable” suffering for Gazans following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes, u...

UN chief General António Guterres on Tuesday led strong condemnation echoed by multiple United Nations agencies of renewed Israeli airstrike...

The UN Security Council meets at 10 AM in New York to discuss the situation in Middle East, as heavy Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and a two-w...

Fourteen years of war have left Syria’s people in desperate need – but international support is dwindling, UN Secretary-General António Gute...

The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of millions of bird...

A relative of two Syrians tortured and murdered by the Assad regime has spoken of the anguish caused by their enforced disappearance during...

Marking 14 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, top UN officials raised alarm over renewed violence and growing instability, warnin...

For Waad Al-Kateab, the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024 felt almost unreal. “I thought the ending of my story was...

The UN emergency food relief agency has not been able to transport any aid into the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing closure of all border cro...

Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of families, with children particularly at...

The UN Secretary-General has urged everyone to speak out against xenophobia and discrimination to combat a “disturbing rise” in anti-Muslim...

The Constitutional Declaration issued by Syria’s caretaker authorities marks a pivotal moment in the country’s turbulent transition, with UN...

Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that sexual and gender-based violence by Isra...

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed recently concluded a visit to South Africa, for a round of key international meetings, where she...

Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN...

Children are feared to be among more than 1,000 people reportedly killed in fierce fighting over the weekend in Syria’s coastal northwest, t...

The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series o...

Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are exacerbating an already dire s...

The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Ch...

Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the n...

After several years of fragile truce, there is a “palpable” fear of a return to all-out war in Yemen, said Special Envoy of the Secretary-Ge...

The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to vio...