A Palestinian boy surveys a damaged UNRWA school after an Israeli air strike in Al Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza. EPA
Israeli ban of UNRWA would have 'dire' impact, official warns

Agency employs more than 30,000 staff members serving approximately 5.9 million Palestinian refugees

July 26, 2024, 5:57 PM
Smoke billows from a site hit by Israeli shelling in the southern Lebanese border village of Tayr Harfa. AFP
US delays deporting Lebanese citizens due to Israel-Hezbollah tension

Removal deferral will be for 18 months, White House says

July 26, 2024, 4:50 PM
A Moroccan shepherd checks his phone while sitting on cracked earth at Al Massira dam in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, about 140km south of Casablanca. AFP
Humanity suffering from 'extreme heat epidemic', says UN chief

2023 was hottest year on record but 2024 could set new high, and temperatures well above 40ºC are increasingly common

July 25, 2024, 9:19 PM
Houthis rally with posters depicting their leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah. EPA
Iran 'head of the snake', Israel tells UN after Tel Aviv drone hit

France, UK and US call for Security Council session to address Tehran-backed Houthis' destabilising activities in region

July 22, 2024, 10:53 PM
A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Syria's northern city of Aleppo. AFP
US denounces Syria's parliamentary elections as a 'sham'

Elections were held on July 15 for the fourth time since the civil war began in 2011

July 22, 2024, 5:31 PM
International Court of Justice president Nawaf Salam said Israel must 'immediately cease all new settlement activity' in the Palestinian territories. AFP
Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories illegal, says ICJ

While ruling is expected to influence international opinion, it is unlikely to prompt substantial changes in Israeli policies

July 19, 2024, 3:16 PM
The Knesset legislation says that a Palestinian state would pose 'an existential danger' to Israel and its citizens. AFP
UN and US disappointed with Knesset vote against two-state solution

Resolution passed Knesset with 68 votes in favour and nine against in 120-member chamber

July 18, 2024, 7:55 PM
Mothers wait at a malnutrition centre to register for food aid for their children in the Tiamushro camp for internally displaced people in Kadugli, Sudan. AFP
US to give more than $200m in aid to war-torn Sudan

Almost 25 million people need aid as famine looms and 10 million have fled their homes, UN says

July 18, 2024, 6:45 PM
A home destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Nusairat refugee camp in central Gaza. EPA
Humanitarian situation in Gaza a ‘moral stain on us all’, Guterres says

UN 'sparing no effort' to deliver aid to Palestinians in need and secure release of all hostages

July 17, 2024, 5:37 PM
Lana Nusseibeh, who was UAE ambassador to the UN at the time, speaks alongside representatives from other nations in December 2023 in New York. Reuters
Gaza needs temporary international mission, UAE's Nusseibeh says

Advocating a sustainable and just peace, UAE Assistant Minister for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, calls for joint strategy to break cycle of violence in the enclave

July 17, 2024, 4:50 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the UN Security Council. EPA
Sergey Lavrov condemns US disregard for UN resolutions

Russia is president of 15-member Security Council this month

July 16, 2024, 6:53 PM
Mohamed Al Hassan addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 2022. AFP
UN appoints Omani diplomat as head of its mission in Iraq

Mohamed Al Hassan succeeds Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands

July 15, 2024, 6:00 PM
Displaced people salvage items from a damaged UNNRWA building complex in western Gaza. AFP
No alternative to UNRWA, UN chief says during donor conference

Several countries halted funding for Palestinian refugee agency after Israel said some of UNRWA's staff were involved in October 7 Hamas attacks

July 12, 2024, 7:18 PM
Taliban patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2022. EPA
Terror groups operating out of Afghanistan pose significant threat, UN report says

Report notes ISIS-K has 'successfully infiltrated' Afghanistan's ministries of interior and defence, as well as General Directorate of Intelligence

July 11, 2024, 6:55 PM
Rescue personnel clear the rubble of a destroyed building at the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital, a day after a missile attack in Kyiv. AFP
Attacking hospitals a war crime, UN official says after Kyiv bombing

Ukraine says Russian forces hit Kyiv children's hospital with cruise missile

July 09, 2024, 7:19 PM