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Potential turning point for Gaza as peace plan enters second phase: UN envoy
The start of a second phase of a stabilisation plan for Gaza offers a potential turning point for the war-rav…
The start of a second phase of a stabilisation plan for Gaza offers a potential turning point for the war-rav…
The UN Security Council is holding a high-level open debate on the Middle East which is expected to focus on …
The Security Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday that renews the mandate of the UN Mission in the Yemeni …
Despite a modest increase in humanitarian assistance, the situation in Gaza remains “dire”, with children amo…
The fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is making a difference to the lives of over a million children, and i…
When fighting recently intensified near her neighbourhood in Aleppo, in northern Syria, Fatima and her family…
The head of embattled UN relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, has condemned reports that its headquarters i…
United Nations agencies have regained limited access to Syria’s Al Hol camp and resumed the delivery of essen…
Amid reconstruction talks on Gaza linked to President Trump's just-launched Board of Peace, UN aid agenci…
A tense standoff between the Syrian Government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast risks igniti…
As President Trump launched the international Board of Peace plan for Gaza on Thursday, top independent right…
Another child in the Gaza Strip has died from hypothermia as winter weather continues to whip the enclave, th…
The United Nations continues to monitor developments in northeast Syria following clashes between government …
The reported demolition underway early Tuesday of the headquarters of UN agency UNRWA by Israeli forces in oc…
In Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the alread…
Three months into the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the UN and partners have delivered tonnes of assistance it…
Peacekeeping operations in the Middle East are facing mounting security risks, funding pressures and politica…
As nationwide protests in Iran appear to ease after nearly three weeks of unrest and bloodshed, a senior UN o…
Fighting the harsh winter storms in Gaza, Amina stays awake at night, hitting the canvas of the tent above he…
The temporary closure of a UN-run health centre in East Jerusalem is the latest phase in “a pattern of delibe…
Airstrikes, drone attacks and hypothermia continue in Gaza despite the ceasefire, with more than 100 youngste…
The humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip remains extremely serious, with harsh winter weather threatenin…
Despite harsh winter conditions and continuing access constraints, the UN and partners are maintaining large-…
Progress continues to be made towards eliminating remnants of the chemical weapons programme in Syria that wa…
At least five civilians have been killed and some 30,000 people displaced following renewed fighting in Alepp…
A sweeping UN human rights report released on Wednesday concludes that in the occupied West Bank, Israel is v…
Some 65,000 households in the Gaza Strip were affected by the severe winter storms that whipped through the e…
For the first time since 2023, humanitarian assistance will provide Gazans with enough food to fulfil minimum…
Yemen’s already fragile humanitarian response is being pushed to breaking point by deep funding shortfalls, t…
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday called on Israeli authorities to abandon plans for new legislati…
As 2026 begins, residents of the Gaza Strip are confronting life in displacement camps and among the ruins of…
The UN Secretary-General has condemned amendments adopted by Israel’s Knesset to a law aimed at ceasing the o…