Abbas rejects Hamas attack, urges world to recognise Palestinian statehood
Speaking via video, he said more than 220,000 Palestinians had been killed or injured over nearly two years of fighting - most of them...
Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy
The “current trajectory is deeply concerning,” he told ambassadors, updating them on the latest political developments in the country, where Houthi rebels – formally...
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...
Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years
“Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward...
UN appeals for restraint after further devices explode across Lebanon
International media reported that walkie-talkies used by members of the Hezbollah militant group blew up on Wednesday, a day after hundreds of pagers across...
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...
UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza, as destruction mounts in West Bank
UNRWA’s communications director Juliette Touma described catastrophic scenes at the camp, where some 100 buildings had been “destroyed or heavily damaged” by the detonations...
Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’
This follows Israeli airstrikes in southern suburbs of the city that targeted the leader of the Hezbollah armed group, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed,...
Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
Only around 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour have entered the war-torn enclave since Israel began to allow limited supplies back in last month. However, 10,000...
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 rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages
Alice Edwards, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture, also condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages earlier this month and called...
GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly to vote on resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent...
The General Assembly meets at 3pm in New York on Thursday in emergency session following the Security Council’s failure to adopt a resolution on...
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...
‘RC blog: ‘It will take years to help people deal with the invisible consequences...
“I am continually inspired by the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people. As I have travelled to Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and...
Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts
“Goods indispensable for people’s survival are either depleted or expected to run out in the coming weeks…The entire population is facing high levels of...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha ‘opens new and perilous...
The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday, while highlighting the “very positive...
Security Council: Middle East envoy warns against escalation, highlights continued Israeli settlement activity
“The series of explosions across Lebanon and rockets fired toward Israel in recent days adds to the volatility,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for...
Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked
Since 13 July, around 176,000 people have been displaced from Sweida, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Mostly migrating...
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...
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: Gaza markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms
In an alert, the World Food Programme (WFP) described markets “in decay” across the enclave. “Fresh foods, eggs, and meat barely exist and the...
Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians
In the past 24 hours in Gaza, there have been more reports of casualties in shootings along aid convoy routes, where desperate crowds of...
Syria risks grave division and destruction, Security Council hears
Geir Pedersen told the Security Council the country faced grave risk of further division that was in no Syrian’s interest.“As I brief you today,...
Iran-Israel crisis: IAEA chief calls for access to damaged nuclear sites
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was addressing the agency’s Board of Governors, amid fresh reports of new Israeli missile...
