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Israel strikes on Rafah 'recipe for disaster': UNRWA
Feb 09, 2024 11:47The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warns that the illegal Zionist entity’s bombardment of the overcrowded border town of Rafah would be a "recipe for disaster."
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‘Age of chaos’: UN chief warns of ‘dangerous’ Security Council divisions over Gaza war
Feb 08, 2024 05:32UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of “dangerous” divisions within the Security Council over Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, expressing concerns that the world is entering an “age of chaos.”
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Palestinian ambassador censures UNSC for failing to address Gaza crisis
Feb 08, 2024 04:46The Palestinian ambassador to the UN has criticized the Security Council for its inaction in the face of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, expressing disappointment over the body's inability to fulfill its mandate to protect peace and security.
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Language of threat won’t work against Iran: Envoy
Feb 07, 2024 10:26Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN says the country will not be frightened by threats and stands ready to defend itself as the United States ratchets up its anti-Iran rhetoric.
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Iran rejects ‘baseless’ US claims intended to justify illegal strikes
Feb 07, 2024 06:38Iran has dismissed as “baseless” the accusations leveled by the United States at the Iranian Armed Forces in a bid to justify its recent illegal airstrikes on Iraq and Syria.
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Israeli attacks on Rafah could result in ‘large scale’ loss of civilian lives: UN
Feb 07, 2024 03:28The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli attacks on Rafah, a small city in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt, could lead to large-scale loss of civilian lives.
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UN aid chief warns Gaza ‘wildfire’ threatens to consume whole region
Feb 06, 2024 08:35The war in Gaza is a “wildfire” that could spread across the region, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths has warned, as Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged territory is entering its fifth month.
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Iran: US attacks on Iraq, Syria illegal, violation of international law
Feb 06, 2024 02:51Iran has strongly condemned the United States’ recent airstrikes on Iraq and Syria as illegal and a blatant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
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Defunding UNRWA ‘disproportionate, dangerous’ amid Gaza war: Top EU diplomat
Feb 05, 2024 06:15The European Union’s foreign policy chief has warned that cutting funds to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is both a “disproportionate and dangerous” act that puts hundreds of thousands of lives at risk.
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UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on US strikes in Iraq, Syria
Feb 04, 2024 03:51The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is to hold an emergency meeting on the United States' airstrikes in Iraq and Syria that caused fatalities and considerable material damage across the Arab countries.