United Nations

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).
UN condemns ‘vile’ killing of 8 peacekeepers in Mali

Jan 21, 2019 02:02

The UN's spokesman in Mali condemned the killing of at least eight UN peacekeepers in a "vile and criminal attack" on their base in the northeast early Sunday.
UN calls for 'rapid and unimpeded' aid access to Myanmar's Rakhine

Jan 19, 2019 11:25

The United Nations has expressed grave concerns about the condition of civilians in Myanmar’s state of Rakhine, calling on the government to allow “rapid and unimpeded” humanitarian access to the region.
UN monitoring mission ignoring Saudi violations in Yemen: Yemeni officials

Jan 18, 2019 08:06

Yemeni officials have voiced concern over a UN Mission’s ignorance of Saudi violations of the Hudaydah truce deal.
UN: Israel trying to delegitimize aid organizations working in Occupied Territories

Jan 18, 2019 03:41

The United Nations aid coordination body says the Tel Aviv regime and Israeli groups have been trying over the past years to delegitimize humanitarian organizations working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.