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UN 'very disturbed' by Israeli ministers’ calls for Palestinians to migrate from Gaza
Jan 05, 2024 05:01The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said that he was "very disturbed" by Israeli calls for Palestinians to leave the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing that international law prohibits their forcible transfer.
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UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Iran
Jan 05, 2024 02:29The United Nations Security Council has condemned the terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman that claimed the lives of 84 people on Wednesday.
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Top UN court to consider genocide case against Israel over Gaza war next week
Jan 04, 2024 11:34Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will hear a case on Israel’s “genocidal” acts in the besieged Gaza Strip next week, as a horrible nightmare of bloodshed in the Palestinian territory is unfolding due to the occupying regime’s incessant bombing.
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UN agency chief warns of ‘unbearable suffering’ in Gaza
Jan 04, 2024 04:41The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned of "unbearable suffering" and the spread of disease in the Gaza Strip, as a nightmare of bloodshed in Gaza is unfolding due to Israel's incessant bombing of the coastal territory.
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Iran to use all available mechanisms to ensure accountability for terror attacks: UN envoy
Jan 04, 2024 02:53Iran's UN envoy says the country is to use "all available mechanisms" to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of earlier hugely deadly terror attacks that targeted the southwestern Iranian city of Kerman.
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UN slams Ukrainian deadly attack on Belgorod as ‘unacceptable’
Dec 31, 2023 05:59The United Nations has condemned Ukraine’s deadly shelling of the Russian border city of Belgorod as “unacceptable,” which resulted in the killing of dozens of civilians.
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Diseases threaten survival of Palestinians amid Israel's siege of Gaza: UN
Dec 30, 2023 13:13Residents of the besieged Gaza Strip, who have so far survived Israel’s 12 weeks of constant bombardment of their homeland, are now facing the growing threat of infectious diseases, the United Nations warns.
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Syria to UN: Israeli assassination of Iranian advisor risks engulfing entire region
Dec 29, 2023 05:49Syria has condemned Israel's assassination of a senior member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), who was serving as a military advisor in Damascus at the official invitation of the Arab government.
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UN asks Israel to 'end unlawful killings' of Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Dec 28, 2023 11:12The United Nations has asked Israel to “end unlawful killings” of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, warning that the human rights situation in the territory is rapidly deteriorating.
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Numerous bodies buried under rubble; Israeli strikes 'gravely concerning': UN
Dec 27, 2023 05:51The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern over Israel’s deadly airstrikes on central areas of the Gaza Strip amid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory.