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Lebanon strikes deepen crisis as hunger rises and conditions worsen in Gaza
At least nine people were reported to have been killed in southern Lebanon on Thursday, as ongoing hostilitie…
At least nine people were reported to have been killed in southern Lebanon on Thursday, as ongoing hostilitie…
With no end in sight to the shipping stand-off in the Strait of Hormuz and as Brent crude oil prices hovered …
The UN’s top human rights official warned on Wednesday that Iranians’ rights are being eroded in “harsh and b…
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to send shockwaves through global food systems, the UN Food and …
The Security Council turns again to the Middle East crisis in New York on Tuesday, with scheduled debate expe…
Restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in Afghanistan could leave the country with a deficit…
The recently extended ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon remains under strain as violence continues, with c…
The United States has announced that the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire will be extended by three weeks following t…
The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat: a loom…
The Security Council is meeting now at a critical juncture for Syria’s fragile transition. While the Iran-US …
The United States’ decision to extend a fragile ceasefire with Iran has kept a narrow window open for diploma…
Young Palestinians in Gaza with university-level educations are setting aside dreams of putting their hard-wo…
Uncertainty surrounds possible US-Iran talks in Pakistan, with no confirmation yet that they will go ahead. A…
The UN and European Union issued a joint warning on Monday that human development across Gaza has been set ba…
Tensions have escalated in the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed security incidents, including reported attacks o…
A UN peacekeeper has been killed and three others injured after a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarm over the killing of two contracted workers delivering clean …
Since the Middle East war started on 28 February, several sites of major cultural significance have come unde…
The war in Gaza has inflicted a far higher toll on women and girls than in previous conflicts in the Palestin…
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect at midnight in Beirut, offering a pause in hos…
Amid reports of high-level talks later today between Israel and Lebanon, intense Israeli military strikes con…
Developments across the Middle East continue as Israeli military operations in Lebanon persist, a day after r…
Yemen must not be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Security Council heard on Tuesda…
As the war in the Middle East continues, the United Nations Secretary-General issued a passionate call for “s…
Syria has made “remarkable progress” on transitional justice within the past year, raising hopes for accounta…
As Israel and Lebanon prepare for talks in Washington, the UN Secretary-General has urged both sides to use a…
The United States and Iran must continue talks aimed at ending their weeks-long war, UN Secretary-General Ant…
The clock is ticking for global food systems as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten to choke off the…
Developments over the weekend have raised fresh concerns across the Middle East and beyond after talks betwee…
With Lebanon still reeling from Israel’s devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fea…
Fighting continues across parts of the Middle East, with renewed exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah addin…
The scale and speed of destruction from the wave of airstrikes in Lebanon which began just hours after the US…
With a US-Iran ceasefire offering a fragile glimmer of hope after weeks of conflict, violence continues to re…
The announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, will it is hoped, lead to the opening of th…
The United Nations has strongly condemned airstrikes by the Israeli military across Lebanon on Wednesday whic…
After nearly 40 days of intense hostilities across the Middle East – marked by rising civilian casualties and…
The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a resolution aiming to boost security in the Strait of Hormuz as …
Hostilities continue across the Middle East, with ongoing strikes, rising civilian impacts and mounting press…
Strikes and counter-strikes continue across the Middle East, with dozens of casualties reported over the week…
Reports of yet another projectile strike near the Bushehr nuclear power plant prompted Rafael Grossi, head of…
The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to …
Deadly new strikes reported across the Middle East overnight and Thursday rattled energy markets and pushed c…
The war in the Middle East and the near halt to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has amplified the energy cru…