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Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture
Bahrain, with its shallow waters and rich oyster beds, has long been synonymous with pearls, which formed the…
Bahrain, with its shallow waters and rich oyster beds, has long been synonymous with pearls, which formed the…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday stressed that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza must hold, urging…
Since the ceasefire began in Gaza on 19 January, “unparalleled progress” has been made in providing desperate…
UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported a scaling up of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria, even as hostili…
Weeks of deadly Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have turned Palestinian communities into “ba…
UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that aid workers in Gaza supporting local health authorities have now ma…
A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on political cou…
With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the day since the full-sc…
The latest large-scale polio vaccination drive in Gaza targeting some 600,000 children under age 10 got under…
Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, inclu…
Accelerating economic recovery is critical to reverse Syria’s decline and restore stability, the UN Developme…
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the “parading” of coffins earlier in the day containing the bo…
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, condemned efforts by Israeli officials on Tuesday to shut down a…
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaz…
The reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next t…
Explosive ordnance continues to claim lives across Syria, with more than 430 deaths and injuries reported sin…
As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs r…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the latest round of hostage releases in Gaza and the conti…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in the nor…
More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since Decembe…
The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding…
A lasting peace is still possible in Yemen but requires commitment, courage, and action from all sides, the U…
Lifesaving aid continued to reach Gaza on Thursday while UN humanitarians warned that needs remain enormous a…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep alarm at the growing number of children killed, injured and d…
The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on the country’s caretaker authorities to make the transit…
Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death of a World Food Progra…
A return to war in Gaza must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António Guterres insisted on Tuesd…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for Israel and Hamas to ensure that all people they are h…
The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at an …
Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which stretches back to th…
As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had…
In a significant move towards eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme, the head of the UN-backed inter…
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population whose rights …
Terrorist fighters with ISIL/Da’esh invaded Iraq’s second city of Mosul in 2014, destroying centuries-old lan…
More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be …
Widespread pillaging and the destruction of property in Syria by all parties to the conflict have largely gon…
Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel an…
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 …
Two people who have fought on opposing sides of the decades-old conflict between Palestinians and Israel have…
The UN Special Envoy for Syria said on Monday that Syrians across the political spectrum share a deep convict…
The top UN aid official arrived in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Monday for a week-long vi…
Escalating hostilities in the occupied West Bank are putting the fragile ceasefire in Gaza at risk, the UN ag…