United Nations

UN: Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman, colleagues targeted due to their political views

Feb 01, 2019 12:09

The United Nations’ human rights agency says prominent Bahraini opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman and two of his colleagues have been given life sentences by the regime because of their political viewpoints, while Manama has attempted to portray their case as one of espionage.
We are losing a generation of children in Yemen: UNICEF

Feb 01, 2019 03:12

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern about the humanitarian conditions of Yemeni children, warning about the formation of a "lost generation".
Syria's UN envoy says anti-Damascus sanctions amount to 'economic terrorism'

Jan 31, 2019 12:19

Syria’s mission to the United Nations has vehemently condemned the economic sanctions targeting the country, saying they blight the lives of ordinary Syrians.
UN slams ‘extremely violent attack’ on Palestinians

Jan 30, 2019 05:44

The United Nations (UN) has again slammed the latest assassination of a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank by armed Israeli settlers, expressing deep concern about the “extremely violent attack.”
Yemen’s rival parties must pull forces out of Hudaydah: UN envoy

Jan 29, 2019 11:32

The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen has called on the country’s warring sides to pull their forces out of the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah as soon as possible under a recent UN-brokered ceasefire.
UN urges Myanmar to enact Annan's counsel on Rohingya

Jan 28, 2019 14:51

The United Nations (UN) has urged Myanmar to implement the recommendations of a panel on the Rohingya crisis that was led by a former UN head, the late Kofi Annan, including ensuring freedom of movement and access to education for children from the persecuted Muslim minority.
184 Saudi-led violations despite truce: UN envoy

Jan 28, 2019 08:30

Yemen has accused Saudi Arabia and its allies of repeatedly violating a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, reached in the Swedish capital Stockholm last month.
UN envoy to travel to Turkey for probe into Khashoggi murder

Jan 25, 2019 03:13

A UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions will travel to Turkey next week to head an "independent international inquiry" into the gruesome killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
UN says new Myanmar curbs threatening 50,000 Rohingya

Jan 24, 2019 17:27

The UN says new government curbs on aid activities are affecting at least 50,000 people in Myanmar’s beleaguered Rakhine state, where persecuted Rohingya Muslims are mainly based.
Fleeing Saudi Arabia: Asylum seeker numbers triple

Jan 22, 2019 11:34

The number of asylum seekers from Saudi Arabia has tripled, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).