Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of pager explosions in Lebanon
The coordinated attacks reportedly targeted the Hezbollah militant group, with hundreds of electronic pagers belonging to its members blowing up at the same time,...
UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian...
The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, delivered remarks to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People....
Gazans depend on us for ‘sheer survival’ insists UNRWA
The development came as more than 462,000 people are estimated to have crossed from south Gaza to the north since the opening of the...
First Person: How many more children must die before the world acts?
Juliette Touma, the director of communications for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has visited Gaza several times during and before the war...
Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive
“This brings the total functioning hospitals in Gaza to only 14…the situation at the remaining eight hospitals and one field hospital in the city...
UN News Champion: ‘Are you keeping up with the death?’ The grinding toll of...
“My team — my friends — are the reason I stand where I am today.This will, inevitably, evolve into a homage to them, but...
‘A fire no one can control’: UN warns of spiralling Iran-Israel war
In an address to the UN Security Council on Friday, Mr. Guterres made an urgent plea for de-escalation, calling the spiralling confrontation a defining...
Suffering continues for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon
Aid workers are being forced to work in unsafe conditions, as insecurity and restrictions by Israeli forces prevent them from reaching people in need,...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors look for diplomatic way forward in Gaza and Ukraine
The UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday that growing recognition for Palestine has created new political momentum in favour of a two-State...
UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus
Speaking from Damascus after meeting the leader of the caretaker authorities, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Mr. Türk said that he had been “assured…of the importance of...
Middle East crisis: Live updates for 4 December
The Middle East crisis continues to deepen, with families in Gaza struggling to secure basic food amid constant displacement, plummeting temperatures, and relentless conflict....
UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that their partners continue their scale-up efforts, despite reported Israeli airstrikes across the Strip,” he said, noting that some...
New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza
It follows a campaign last year that reached hundreds of thousands of young children. Polio virus was recently detected in wastewater samples in Gaza,...
Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority
The development comes one week after a court in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank ordered the closure of several Al Jazeera websites. A...
Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent...
Meanwhile, on Thursday and again on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants published disturbing videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages, sparking worldwide outrage...
Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe
Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that water pumps had...
Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship
The information is based on public statements by host countries, contacts with immigration services from inside Syria, and border monitoring by the agency and...
Lebanon: UN condemns increasing loss of life and civilian suffering
“All actors must adhere to international law and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure,” he said, adding that the UN mission which remains in place...
Gaza: Palestinians are dying amid lethal evacuation delays
“This is not a logistical problem,” James Elder, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told reporters in Geneva. “We have the ability to...
Yemen: Security Council extends UN mission in crucial port city amid escalating Red Sea...
Adopted unanimously, the resolution extending the UN Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) until 28 January 2026, underscores the Mission’s critical role in...
Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon
A press statement issued by the Mission, formally known as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, said Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) “deliberately demolished” the...
UN chief urges halt to escalation after Israeli strikes on Iran
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN chief, said in a statement that António Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by the continued escalation across the region.“All...
Gaza City: Daily bombardment, more displacement amid escalating military offensive
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said people are once again on the move after Israel placed the entire city under displacement orders. Aid partners recorded...
Guterres condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff and 12 others in Israeli strike, calls...
In a statement released via his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the latest Israeli attack on a school serving as a shelter in Nuseirat...