7,900 people died, disappeared on migration routes in 2025: UN
- 21-Apr-2026
GENEVA: Around 7,900 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, taking the total dead and missing since 2014 beyond 80,000, the United Nations’ migration agency said Tuesday. The UN’s International Organization for Migration said people were being forced into dangerous, irregular journeys when safe pathways were out of reach, and urged countries to […]
Middle East war displaces three million inside Iran: UN
- 12-Mar-2026
GENEVA: Up to 3.2 million people have been displaced inside Iran since the Middle East war erupted, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday. “Between 600,000 and one million Iranian households are now temporarily displaced inside Iran as a result of the ongoing conflict, according to preliminary assessments,” said Ayaki Ito, who heads UNHCR’s emergency […]
UN ‘deeply disturbed’ by strike on Iran school that killed 160 children
- 04-Mar-2026
A United Nations panel of experts said on Wednesday it was “deeply disturbed” by the deaths of children, after the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in southern Iran, which it said killed more than 160 children, citing reports. The school in Minab was hit on Saturday, the first day of U.S. and Israeli […]
Trump says US will give UN money to make it stronger, more viable
- 20-Feb-2026
The United States will give the United Nations money to strengthen it and help make it viable, President Donald Trump told the opening meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday. The U.S. is the biggest contributor to the U.N. budget, but under the Trump administration it has refused to make mandatory payments to regular […]
UN says Israeli actions raising ethnic cleansing fears in West Bank, Gaza
- 19-Feb-2026
GENEVA, Switzerland: Israel’s increased attacks and forcible transfers of Palestinians “raise concerns over ethnic cleansing” in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the United Nations said Thursday. The UN human rights office said the cumulative impact of Israel’s military conduct during the war in Gaza, plus its blockade of the territory, had inflicted living […]
UN seeks clarity on when US will pay dues, and how much
- 10-Feb-2026
The United Nations (UN) said on Monday it is waiting for details on when and how much the United States will pay toward its delayed budget dues, following a promise last week that Washington would make an initial payment within weeks. “We’ve seen the statements, and frankly, the secretary-general has been in touch for quite […]
US operation in Venezuela undermined international law’: UN
- 06-Jan-2026
GENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations voiced deep concern Tuesday over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly “undermined a fundamental principle of international law”. “States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in […]
Myanmar junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote: UN
- 23-Dec-2025
GENEVA: The UN said on Tuesday Myanmar’s junta was using violence and intimidation to force people to vote in upcoming military-controlled elections, while armed opposition groups were using similar tactics to keep people away. “The military authorities in Myanmar must stop using brutal violence to compel people to vote and stop arresting people for expressing […]
Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000 as Israel violates ceasefire
- 01-Dec-2025
Israel has killed over 70,000 Gazans since the genocide began on October 7, 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement. The announcement came on Saturday as Israel violates the so-called fragile ceasefire. In a statement released by the Health Ministry of Gaza, the massacre’s death toll had risen to 70,100. The ministry said […]
UN says Israeli forces’ killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like ‘summary execution’
- 29-Nov-2025
GENEVA: The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces the previous day appeared to be a “summary execution.” In footage captured by Palestine TV, Israeli security forces opened fire at two men in the northern West Bank city of Jenin after […]