United Nations

EU, UN , African Union mount pressure on Niger coup leaders

Jul 30, 2023 04:59

The European Union and the United Nations Security Council have mounted pressure on Niger coup leaders, while the African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the military to return to the barracks.
UN: Israel razed 54 Palestinian-owned structures, displaced 66 people in July

Jul 29, 2023 11:24

The United Nations says Israeli authorities and military forces have demolished 54 Palestinian-owned structures in East al-Quds in the largest division of the occupied West Bank in July.
Russia dismisses UN call to return to Black Sea grain deal

Jul 25, 2023 11:27

Russia has rejected a UN call to return to a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea.
UK decried by UN for unlawful Rwanda deportation policy

Jul 23, 2023 10:30

The United Nations has lashed out at the UK for its controversial immigration legislation, warning it could have profound consequences for the people in need of international protection.
Iran urges UN chief to take hard line on Qur'an desecration

Jul 21, 2023 06:18

Following repeated desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Sweden, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has written to Antonio Guterres, urging the UN secretary-general to take a hard line on such acts of religious sacrilege.
Iran stands ready to help Syria with post-war reconstruction: UN envoy

Jul 20, 2023 08:51

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations has voiced Tehran’s readiness to help Syria with its reconstruction process in the aftermath of a destructive Western-sponsored campaign of militancy.
UN denounces UK refugee crackdown bill, calls it against international law

Jul 18, 2023 11:42

The United Nations has warned that controversial British legislation purportedly aimed at deterring thousands of refugees from landing on the country's shores will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection.
Nearly 300 children died trying to reach Europe in 2023

Jul 15, 2023 10:03

At least 289 young boys and girls have died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe in the first half of 2023, a whopping two-fold surge compared to the same period last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported.
At least 87 bodies found buried in Sudan mass grave, including women, children: UN

Jul 14, 2023 03:26

Bodies of at least 87 people, including women and children, have been found buried in a mass grave in West Darfur of Sudan, the United Nations has said.
UN agency: 900 Palestinian homes damaged in Israeli aggression on Jenin

Jul 12, 2023 08:52

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) says some 900 Palestinian houses have been damaged and many of them have become uninhabitable in the wake of the Israeli military’s two-day raid on the Jenin refugee camp that martyred at least 12 Palestinians and wounded dozens more.