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UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank

Media reports said soldiers fired warning shots near the diplomats, who were on an official visit to view humanitarian conditions around the camp where...

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...

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...

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...

Forging Peace in Syria: Great opportunities, grave risks

As the fighting intensified, the UN never stopped working behind the scenes to bring about a political solution that would deliver dignity, freedom 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...

US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘marks perilous turn’: Diplomacy must prevail, says Guterres

After ten days of airstrikes initiated by Israel aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear programme which have led to deadly daily exchanges of missile fire...

Gaza: Aid teams race to push back hunger; one million food parcels delivered

Last month, hundreds of thousands of people returned to northern Gaza – where famine was declared at the end of August – but their...

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...

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...

Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Geir Pedersen expressed grave concern over the mounting violence and its cascading impact on Syria, which has been...

Syria crisis: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps

The cholera outbreak was detected in the camp in early October and subsequently confirmed by laboratory tests. Because Al Hol does not have a...

Gaza City suffering escalates as Israeli strikes inflict more heavy casualties

“Intensified strikes on Gaza City, including on tents, residential buildings, infrastructure continue to inflict heavy casualties,” the UN aid coordination agency, OCHA, said.In an...

Gaza: Polio could spread unless vaccines reach war-torn north

“It is imperative to stop the polio outbreak in Gaza before more children are paralysed and the virus spreads,” said Louise Wateridge, spokesperson for...

Top humanitarian official issues ceasefire appeal during visit to Gaza City

 Muhannad Hadi, who is also the Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, made the appeal during a visit to Gaza City,...

Iraq: Security Council briefed on major milestones and ongoing challenges

“As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five...

UN committed to supporting ‘free, fair and transparent election with the participation of all...

Special Representative Mohamed Al Hassan, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), provided updates on developments over the past six months...

Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss 

Ten years. That’s how long Yemenis have been putting their lives on hold – through airstrikes, through hunger, through loss. A decade of war...

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...

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...

UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, including many children,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents...

Top marks for Lebanon schools project helping marginalised kids

According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 300,000 children with disabilities in Lebanon today, although data is limited. To help them access learning opportunities,...

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 Iran attack on Qatar

It comes in the wake of reports that Iran launched missiles at an American military base in Qatar in retaliation for the US bombing...