Yemen’s Houthi movement has reached an agreement with the United Nations (UN) to cope with a decaying oil tanker that threatens to leak 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the war-torn
MoreThere are 14.6 million Syrians in need of aid and around 6.9 million others displaced, the UN announced yesterday. The spokesperson for the UN secretary-general said that Syria has the largest number
MoreThe UN has announced that it is concerned that the transitional government, which was formed under the leadership of the former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha and received a vote of confidence by
MoreOn Monday, the United Nations Security Council approved a draft resolution on Yemen that broadens the scope of an existing arms embargo targeting the Houthi militia’s commanders, notably Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, to include
MoreThe United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said on Friday a committee representing the Syrian opposition and the Assad regime will meet for a seventh round of talks in Geneva
MoreJeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the chief of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), urged political powers in Iraq to overcome their differences and form a new government. In a briefing on Thursday, the
MoreWearing a black mask emblazoned with the message “End Apartheid,” the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations pleaded with the Security Council to stop Israel from discriminating against Palestinians. Riyad Mansour referred
MoreA record number of people in Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance more than a decade into a devastating civil war, the United Nations said. At least 14.6 million people in
MoreFollowing international pressure, Israeli authorities have been ordered to halt the forced removal of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said a UN delegation met
MoreThe United Nations established a mediation panel for Palestine and Israel to find a peaceful resolution to a conflict involving claims of racial discrimination. Both Israel and Palestine are signatories to the
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