Cash-strapped UN refugee agency to cut more jobs, even as crises mount
- 18-May-2026
The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR will need to cut more jobs and make urgent reforms as it faces a fall in funding and foreign aid spending, the organisation’s head said in a letter seen by Reuters. UNHCR High Commissioner Barham Salih told member states the agency had “no choice” as it expects available funds in […]
Israeli forces destroy 17 UN peacekeeper cameras in south Lebanon: UN official
- 04-Apr-2026
Israeli forces destroyed 17 surveillance cameras linked to the United Nations (UN) peacekeepers’ main headquarters in southern Lebanon in 24 hours, a UN security official told AFP on Saturday. Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2, the UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been caught in the crossfire in the country’s south, […]
World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts, FAO says
- 03-Apr-2026
World food prices climbed in March to their highest level since September last year and could rise further if the Middle East conflict that pushed up energy prices continues, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday. “Price rises since the conflict began have been modest, driven mainly by higher oil prices […]
UN Security Council demands Iran halt attacks on Gulf states
- 12-Mar-2026
The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for Iran to halt its attacks on Gulf states, in a resolution that did not mention US or Israeli strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran’s ambassador to decry a “blatant misuse” of the international body. The resolution, passed by 13 votes with two abstentions, “demands the immediate cessation of all […]
UN accuses Israel of West Bank apartheid
- 07-Jan-2026
GENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations on Wednesday said decades of discrimination and segregation of Palestinians by Israel in the West Bank were intensifying, and called on the country to end its “apartheid system”. In a new report, the UN rights office said the “systematic discrimination” against Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territories had “drastically deteriorated” […]
Scores of delegates exit UNGA hall as Netanyahu starts speech
- 26-Sep-2025
New York: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, but as he took to the stage dozens of people filed out of the room in protest. The Israeli PM, which comes after US President Donald Trump said he would not allow Israel to annex the Israeli-occupied West […]
UN Security Council blocks bid to end Iran sanctions
- 19-Sep-2025
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council did not adopt a draft resolution on Friday to permanently lift sanctions on Iran, but Tehran and key European powers still have eight days to try and agree to a delay. The 15-member U.N. Security Council was required to vote on the draft resolution on Friday after Britain, […]
How did a UN inquiry find genocide has been committed in Gaza?
- 18-Sep-2025
THE HAGUE: A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded this week, that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Israel dismissed the findings as biased and based on unverified evidence. Below is an explanation of how genocide is defined legally, how it is tried by the courts, and how the U.N. inquiry reached its findings. WHAT […]
Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing 1,000
- 04-Sep-2025
Khartoum: An armed group that controls part of western Sudan appealed for foreign help in recovering bodies and rescuing residents from torrential rain, after it said at least 1,000 people were killed when a landslide buried a mountain village. Only one person survived the destruction of the village of Tarseen in the mountainous Jebel Marra […]
France’s Macron urges US to revise decision on Palestinian visas
- 03-Sep-2025
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday the United States’ decision not to grant visas to Palestinian officials for the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York was “unacceptable” and should be reversed. “We call for this measure to be reversed and for Palestinian representation to be ensured in accordance with the Host […]