United Nations

UN war crimes panel urges Turkey to rein in allied militants in N Syria

Sep 16, 2020 07:02

A panel of United Nations war crimes investigators has called on Turkey to rein in allied militants in northern Syria, who may have committed a range of war crimes against civilians, including hostage-taking, rape and torture.
UN registers sharp spike in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian houses

Sep 11, 2020 10:27

The United Nations (UN)’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that there has been a sharp increase in the number of Palestinian houses being demolished by the illegal Zionist entity in West Bank during the coronavirus pandemic.
UN on Saudi Khashoggi ruling: Punishment doesn’t fit the crime

Sep 09, 2020 01:53

The United Nations has condemned the disproportion between a Saudi court ruling on the 2018 assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the enormity of the crime.
Iranian diplomat meets Afghan, UN officials in Kabul

Sep 09, 2020 01:33

Ebrahim Taherian, a special assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Afghan affairs, held extensive negotiations with senior Afghan officials and with the UN chief’s special representative for Afghanistan during a visit to Kabul.
WHO officials congratulate China on 20-day streak of zero local COVID-19 cases

Sep 08, 2020 11:45

Several senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday congratulated China on a 20-day streak of zero locally transmitted cases on the mainland.
Iran calls on WHO to make efforts to end the illegitimate US sanctions

Sep 08, 2020 11:40

Health Minister Saeed Namaki has written to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, asking for global efforts towards ending America’s “unilateral and illegitimate” sanctions against Iranians amid a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Iran eyes military exports as arms embargo expires: Defense Minister

Sep 06, 2020 01:29

Iran’s defense minister has said that the country eyes arms sales as UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic expire in October.
Conflict in Syria requires political solution without foreign interference: Lavrov tells UN envoy

Sep 04, 2020 00:42

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stressed the need for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, saying the settlement of the conflict must be in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254 and without foreign interference.
President Rouhani: US failure over anti-Iran Security Council resolution unprecedented in UN history

Sep 03, 2020 11:51

President Hassan Rouhani has called the United States’ defeat last month to have the UN Security Council ratify a resolution it had drafted to extend an anti-Iran arms embargo an unprecedented fiasco for Washington at the world body.
UN condemns US sanctions on ICC officials

Sep 03, 2020 08:46

The United Nations has condemned "unprecedented" sanctions imposed by the United States on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor over investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan.