United Nations

Russia, China clash with US at UN over North Korean missile tests

Aug 26, 2023 11:29

The United States ambassador to the United Nations has accused China and Russia of blocking a unified UN Security Council response to North Korea's missile tests.
Rohingya Muslims demand safe return to home after 6 years of exodus

Aug 25, 2023 11:29

Rohingya Muslim refugees demand their safe return to their homeland, Myanmar, on the sixth anniversary of the violence that forced them to flee to Bangladesh.
More than 60 feared dead after a migrant boat is rescued in Atlantic

Aug 17, 2023 11:49

Dozens of migrants are feared dead after a boat that left Senegal with more than 100 people onboard over a month ago was rescued by the coast guard in Cabo Verde with just 38 survivors onboard, officials said.
UN: Israel demolishes 56 Palestinian structures in West Bank

Aug 17, 2023 05:56

Israel has demolished or seized 56 Palestinian-owned structures, including six homes, in the occupied al-Quds and Area C of the West Bank in just two weeks.
UNSC denounces 'heinous, cowardly' attack by Daesh at Iran's Shah-e Cheragh holy shrine

Aug 17, 2023 04:05

The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the recent "heinous and cowardly terrorist" attack on innocent people and pilgrims at the Shah-e Cheragh holy shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.
UN warns situation in war-torn Sudan ‘spiraling out of control’

Aug 16, 2023 05:43

The United Nations has warned that millions of people across Sudan are running out of food and are on the brink of famine as the situation in the war-torn Northeast African country is spiraling out of control.
Palestinian man forced to demolish own home in occupied al-Quds

Aug 15, 2023 11:20

Israeli officials have forced a Palestinian man to demolish his house near the occupied Old City of al-Quds under the pretext of building without a construction permit.
UN, ECOWAS condemn Niger junta’s threat to prosecute deposed president

Aug 15, 2023 05:18

The United Nations and West Africa's main regional bloc have strongly condemned a threat by Niger's coup leaders to prosecute the country's ousted president for "high treason."
UN probe finds 'dramatic increase' in Myanmar war crimes

Aug 09, 2023 04:53

The United Nations says it has evidence that Myanmar's military has been "committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes" since they took power in a coup d'état more than two years ago.
UN sounds alarm over Sudan's catastrophic humanitarian situation

Aug 05, 2023 12:17

The United Nations has warned that ongoing fighting between rivaling forces in Sudan has plunged the humanitarian situation of the impoverished nation from critical to catastrophic.