Israeli occupation of Palestine has cost the Palestinian economy more than $2.5 billion a year for the past two decades, a UN report said Monday.
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Members of the United Nations Security Council sat in silence listening to the harrowing account of Kachi Amo Saloh, as he explained how his entire family was killed before his eyes by Daesh terrorists in Iraq five years ago.
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The UN chief on Sunday urged Myanmar to ensure the "safe" return of Rohingya refugees driven out by army operations, a plea made in front of Aung San Suu Kyi more than two years since her country cracked down on the Muslim minority.
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Spokesman for the UN Secretary General says the world body cannot verify the accuracy of the United States' claim on the death of Daesh leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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A child under the age of five dies every 12 minutes in Yemen due to the humanitarian crisis caused by the US-Saudi aggression, Achim Steiner, the representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Yemen, said Wednesday.
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Iran’s Permanent Representative to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly Mohammad Hassani-Nejad condemned UN's report on human rights practices in Iran as it is in line with US' policy of economic terrorism, saying that dictators cannot make statements on human rights situation in Iran.
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Hundreds of people were killed or wounded in violence related to Afghanistan's recent presidential election season as the Taliban sought to undermine the democratic process, a UN agency said on Tuesday (Oct 15).
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Iranian top diplomat said that threatening the lives of children for political purposes is nothing but economic terrorism.
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War-ravaged Yemen is on course to become the world's poorest country if the conflict persists, the United Nations said in a report.
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Iran says the US' illegal sanctions and coercion have jeopardized the international trade system, and the world must break its silence over the "unprecedented threat".
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Yemen will become the poorest country in the world if its conflict goes on through 2022, a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) projects.
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As the new school year starts amid continuing violence in Yemen, 2 million children are out of school, including almost half a million who dropped out since the conflict escalated in March 2015.
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The United Nations has welcomed a proposal by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia in return for an end to the Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen.
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Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Hussam Eddin Ala, says Turkey has been providing various types of munitions to foreign-sponsored terrorist groups operating in the country’s militant-held northwestern province of Idlib, and reneging on its commitments under the Sochi agreement.
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A special UN fact-finding mission has urged that Myanmar be held responsible in international legal forums for genocide against its Muslim Rohingya minority.
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About 350,000 people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Yemen in 2019, the United Nations said Thursday.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday expressed his concern about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign vow to occupy parts of the West Bank.
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A United Nations rapporteur strongly condemns Abuja’s application of deadly violence against the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).
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The Permanent Secretariat of the International Conference on Supporting Palestinian Intifada in a statement condemned the Israeli attack on prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and urged the Islamic parliaments and the UN affiliated bodies including the UNESCO to rally international condemnation of the Israeli leaders for the crimes against humanity they routinely perpetrate in the occupied territories of Palestine.
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Millions of Muslims in Iran and many other Muslim countries across the world have started celebrations for the momentous religious occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), marked in honor of the Islamic imperative of self-abnegation.
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The United Nations chief has expressed concern over "restrictions" in Indian-administered Kashmir as the Muslim-majority territory remained under an unprecedented security lockdown and a near-total communications blackout for a fourth day.
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly called on all involved parties to refrain from any actions that may lead to the escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf.
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