Middle East

Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes

Any military escalation in the Middle East should be censured, the UN chief said in a short statement issued by…

1 year ago

GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly to vote on resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire

The General Assembly meets at 3pm in New York on Thursday in emergency session following the Security Council’s failure to…

1 year ago

Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syria

The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP) is the first entity of its kind established…

1 year ago

Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies

Only around 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour have entered the war-torn enclave since Israel began to allow limited supplies back…

1 year ago

Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe

The UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) report found that Israeli forces have used airstrikes, shelling,…

1 year ago

Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line

Since the end of May, aid distribution in Gaza has been carried out by a mechanism backed by Israel and…

1 year ago

Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis

Globally, 1.8 billion people menstruate, yet for many, especially in crises zones, it’s far more than an inconvenience.In war-torn Gaza,…

1 year ago

In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level

Latest data simulations from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) point to the average Gazan eating just 1,400 calories per…

1 year ago

UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution ‘alive’

“It is absolutely essential to keep alive the two-State solution perspective with all the terrible things we are witnessing in…

1 year ago

Gaza: UN relief chief welcomes growing support for aid teams to resume vital work

“We value the support of more and more Member States who are joining our call: Let us work,” Mr. Fletcher…

1 year ago