The UN Secretary-General has instructed agencies, funds and programmes to pause all activities in Sa’ada governorate in Yemen ...

As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had cut the enclave ...

Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the ongoing, deadly ...

The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace, ...

Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which stretches back to the early 1970s. A ...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for Israel and Hamas to ensure that all people they are holding are treated humanely.

Globally, 122 million girls are out of school, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  Of those, 2.5 million are banned from education in Afghanistan.Somaya ...

The terrorist group Da’esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite years of sustained efforts to dismantle its operations, UN counter-terrorism officials warned during a ...

The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population whose rights “continue to be ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

In a significant move towards eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme, the head of the UN-backed international ...

The civilian death toll in Sudan has surged dramatically, with at least 275 people killed between 31 January and 5 February, ...