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A Saudi-led military coalition and the government of Yemen denied four oil tankers access to a Yemeni port last week, a move that could hurt the flow of aid and exacerbate a cholera outbreak in the...

The Saudi Arabian government plans to execute at least 50 people mostly over terror related charges in one day, warns a human rights group.

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With three million Iraqis remaining internally displaced across the country, the United Nations migration agency published findings of a study showing that the decision to return or remain...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the need for the leadership of South Sudan to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities, restore the peace process and ensure...

The United Nations Security Council authorised the establishment of an investigation team to support Iraq’s domestic efforts to hold the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh)...

The Security Council today extended the mandate of United Nations assistance operation in Afghanistan until 17 March 2018, stressing the political mission’s role in supporting an inclusive...

The Security Council and the United Nations political mission in Afghanistan have joined Secretary-General António Guterres in condemning the deadly attack outside of the Supreme Court in Kabul.

As the war in Yemen grinds on, the increasing battles of attrition are extracting a terrible toll on the country’s women, men and children, senior United Nations officials told the Security...

Hospitals, ambulances, schools and displaced people escaping violence are being routinely targeted by airstrikes in Syria, resulting in high numbers of deaths and injuries, and making September the...

Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology has offered to grant admission to Iranian students who are barred from education in the U.S. in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visa ban.

Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said.

Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said.

Another Shia Muslim has been killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi in the latest wave of assaults on Shias in the country.

The Chapters from the Lives of 10 Angels Exhibition is a glance at the pain and hope of sick Iranian citizens and children was launched on the sidelines of the 43rd Session of the Human Rights...

UN Special Rapporteur: It is necessary to review ways for compensating victims of unilateral coercive measures

At least six children drowned on Friday in two separate incidents when their boats sank off Turkey while trying to make the risky crossing to Greece, state media reported.

Safe drinking water is a major concern in Mosul, where a battle has been underway for the past six months to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the United Nations...

The United Nations migration agency warned that while hundreds of thousands of people displaced from Mosul have braved the ongoing offensive to oust the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

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