International donors at a Belgian conference pledged $7bn to help Syrian refugees, falling short of what the UN said it needed on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the country’s uprising. More than 370,000 [ More … ]
United Nations investigators reported on Thursday that Israeli forces who fired on Palestinians during the mass demonstrations on the border with Gaza, killing more than 100 people, may have committed war crimes. The report, by [ More … ]
The UN human rights office voiced concern about trials that saw 15 people executed in Egypt this month may have been unfair amid allegations of torture used to obtain confessions. Egypt executed nine men on [ More … ]
A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime “planned and perpetrated” by Saudi officials. Khashoggi’s killing by a team of Saudi [ More … ]
UN executions investigator heading inquiry in Turkey A U.N. human rights investigator leading an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Saturday she had made a request to have access [ More … ]
US ‘can’t give Saudi Arabia a pass’ on Khashoggi, US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley says, blames crown prince for murder Saudi Arabia will not receive a pass for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. [ More … ]
A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the U.N. General Assembly. Before Thursday’s vote, [ More … ]
Qatari government says UAE has violated an international discrimination convention while Emirati minister says its another of Doha’s ‘lies’ The government of Qatar took the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations’ International Court of [ More … ]
Iran says it will target ‘terrorists’ not covered by latest UN ceasefire resolution Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between rebels and government forces despite [ More … ]
The US faces an embarrassing loss in the United Nations General Assembly Thursday despite comments by President Donald Trump suggesting countries that vote against the US could face repercussions. Egypt called for a vote at [ More … ]
US ambassador Nikki Haley called for world powers to ‘push back’ at Iran’s influence in the Middle East The US has accused Iran of violating UN resolutions as officials presented evidence for the first time [ More … ]
Al-Sisi met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in New York on Monday to discuss the Middle East peace process in the first ever public meeting between the two leaders. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed at least 35 civilians, mainly farmers, near a Houthi camp on Wednesday morning, after a tense night in the Yemeni capital. Scores of civilians were killed in a Saudi-led coalition [ More … ]
Reports emerged this week that the Trump administration was working with the Israeli government to obstruct the publication of a United Nations “blacklist” of companies working in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. [ More … ]
The Yemeni people are suffering a “triple tragedy” as the country is ravaged by a brutal conflict, a cholera outbreak, and the threat of famine, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Friday. The “vicious and [ More … ]
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