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LIVE COVERAGE: Day 3 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “at a breaking point” and headed toward a one-State reality marked by...

The scientific and technological revolution following the groundbreaking decoding on the universe-origin

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). The world just witnessed the #1 discovery of all time: the decrypting of the formation of the universe and life. No...

Interview this mind-blowing expert on the science behind the Biblical account of creation

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). People from all nations and all educational background including scientists, laypeople, religious and nonreligious people have been trying to understand the...

Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now

Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge the international community “based on the...

Freedom of expression also under fire in Gaza war, rights expert says

“Rarely have we seen – and this is what bothers me - extensive patterns of unlawful, discriminatory and disproportionate restriction by States and private...

UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory

With a recorded vote of 124 nations in favour, 14 against, and 43 abstentions, the resolution calls for Israel to comply with international law...

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...

Syria: Chemical weapons watchdog hits reset button in Damascus, following productive meetings

In a press release on Saturday the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Director-General Fernando Arias and his team had met...

Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line

Since the end of May, aid distribution in Gaza has been carried out by a mechanism backed by Israel and the United States bypassing...

UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises...

“Today the world looks on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues to deteriorate to levels not seen in recent...

West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies

The violence has seen exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants – and the use of bulldozers in refugee camps for the...

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...

Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide

In a new report published against the backdrop of intensifying Israeli military operations in Gaza City, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on...

‘Humanitarian work, a moral obligation’: Retired doctor returns to face the ‘silent threat’ in...

After a successful career that lasted 43 years, during which he worked in Saudi Arabia, for the Palestinian Ministry of Health and then the...

From Science and Math to the Bible’s Conclusions: A Shocking Discovery that Will Surprise...

Author Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Demystifies the Intersection of Science and Faith with the Holy Grail of Scientific Discovery Science180, the trusted U.S.-based organization at the...

Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted

“Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in Southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported bakeries,” the UN agency said. “These...

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...

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....

Syria emergency: Four children a day killed by leftover explosives

Ricardo Pires, UNICEF Communication Manager for Emergencies, told journalists from Damascus that in the last nine years, at least 422,000 incidents involving unexploded ordnance...

Iraq: UN mission ends, with pledge of continued support

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, Mohammed Al Hassan, briefed members for the last time as the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) prepares to conclude its mandate on 31 December after more...

3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief

Mr. Lazzarini made the remarks in a social media post, in which he noted that the siege, which is preventing food, medicines, water and fuel...

UN firmly rejects allegations against agencies in Yemen

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General,  dismissed the allegations, stating “such false statements are baseless, and further threaten the safety of staff and...

Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave

“This is a huge blow to us…These people were shot,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.“Normally we are not...

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for...

Last Sunday, a joint PRCS and UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) mission uncovered a shallow grave in Rafah. The bodies of eight PRCS paramedics, six civil...