UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes
GENEVA — The U.N. rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the latest, 11-day war with the...
UN appeals for $95 million for urgent Gaza aid and repairs
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations launched an emergency appeal Thursday for $95 million for Gaza for the next three months to meet immediate...
UN official slams Ethiopia’s arrests of displaced in Tigray
JOHANNESBURG — A U.N. official has condemned the arrests of scores of people displaced by the ongoing Tigray conflict, where fighting continues between the...
Syrians vote in election certain to give Assad new mandate
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrians in government-held areas of the war-torn country headed to polling stations early Wednesday to vote in a presidential election set...
WHO asked to review spiked Italy report, whistleblower case
ROME — Whistleblower protection groups urged the World Health Organization on Wednesday to launch an independent review into the case of an Italian researcher...
UN body asked to up scrutiny of Israel’s human rights record
GENEVA — Member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation are calling on the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up a permanent commission...
UN envoy: Syrian people face ìmmense humanitarian suffering
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Wednesday it’s “a tragic irony” that ordinary Syrians are facing “immense and growing humanitarian...
UN warns Tigray faces famine risk if aid isn’t scaled up
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned the Security Council that the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is worsening and “there...
UN official: Conflicts make controlling COVID more difficult
UNITED NATIONS — Despite last year’s U.N. call for global cease-fires to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, many conflicts never stopped including in Syria, Yemen...
UN council meets in person for first time since December
UNITED NATIONS — It was a big day for almost a half dozen members of the U.N. Security Council: They set foot in the...