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West's double standards: War-torn Yemen demands ‘a quarter’ of UN attention to Ukraine
Mar 06, 2022 04:53Yemen's parliament has urged the United Nations to pay “even a quarter” of the attention it has paid to Ukraine to the humanitarian crisis in war-wracked Yemen.
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UN investigating dozens of deaths in central Mali
Mar 05, 2022 12:47The United Nations says it is investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in central Mali, as unrest continues to spread across the West African country.
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Iran calls for ‘nonpolitical cooperation’ from IAEA as Grossi visits Tehran
Mar 05, 2022 08:01Head of Iran's nuclear energy organization has called for "nonpolitical cooperation" from the the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after meeting the UN body's director general Rafael Grossi in Tehran.
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Afghanistan on brink of 'irreversible' economic collapse: UN envoy
Mar 03, 2022 07:29Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid to Afghanistan to prevent large-scale famine and starvation, but the economic challenges have left the country on the brink of “irreversible” ruin, the UN envoy to Kabul says.
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FM: UNSC resolution on Yemen violates UN charter, serves interests of those embroiled in war crimes
Mar 02, 2022 14:08Yemeni Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah has slammed the latest UN Security Council resolution on Yemen as “provocative," saying it serves the interests of aggressors not Yemenis.
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COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally: WHO
Mar 02, 2022 13:32The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization.
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US senator ‘inciting terrorism’ by encouraging Israel to assassinate scientists: Iran’s UN mission
Mar 02, 2022 11:03Iran has strongly denounced recent comments by the US Senator Lindsey Graham who encouraged the illegal Zionist entity to assassinate more Iranian scientists, saying the remarks amount to incitement to terrorism, which is a flagrant violation of international law.
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Iran urges international response against use of ICT for criminal purposes
Mar 02, 2022 02:10Iran’s UN ambassador has underlined the need for adopting a convention that promotes and expedites international cooperation against crimes committed via the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
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Iran: UNSC resolution against Yemen’s Ansarullah hinders peace
Mar 01, 2022 11:01Iran denounces the United Nations Security Council’s recent extension of an arms embargo against Yemen’s popular Houthi resistance movement, which has been defending the country against a Saudi-led war since 2015.
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UN warns acute funding shortages threaten flow of humanitarian aid to Yemenis
Feb 26, 2022 12:43The United Nations has warned that severe funding shortages pose a threat to the flow of humanitarian assistance to Yemen, saying food rations have already been cut by half for eight million people in the impoverished country.