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Religion is being distorted to increase differences, Secretary-General António Guterres said, urging the international community to counter such narratives.

Wrapping up the opening of the intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva on 23 February, United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said he would hold bilateral meetings with participants on Friday...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of a Security Council resolution which states that the establishment of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied...

Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations Security Council separately offered their condolences to the Iranian Government and families of the people killed in the attacks in the...

Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned yesterday's horrific terrorist attack targeting crowd gathering for a concert in Manchester, the United Kingdom, while the United Nations...

the UN Committee against Torture issued recommendations on how Ireland can respect its obligations under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...

Condemning attack in Rasheedin on 15 April, western Aleppo, Syria, on some 5,000 evacuees traveling from the besieged towns of Foah and Kefraya to Government-controlled areas, the United Nations...

In the past 48 hours, four aid workers and at least seven civilians have been killed and 40 others injured while waiting in line for emergency assistance in Mosul, prompting the United Nations...

Countries meeting at a United Nations conference in New York adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to...

Young people from around the world joined United Nations staff and international dignitaries in Changsha, China, on 17 April, to show support for protecting and preserving the cultural heritage...

United Nations health agencies have delivered critical medicines and medical supplies to treat almost 13,000 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the Government forces have been staging a...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen announced a plan for the resumption of a comprehensive cessation of hostilities in the war-torn Gulf nation.

Following the signing of a deal to setup so-called ‘de-escalation zones’ in Syria, on May 4th, the United Nations envoy for the war-torn country praised the agreement and said its success could...

The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned the multiple suicide attacks that took place on 4 April in Tikrit, which resulted in many casualties.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was in Aden on january16, highlighting the need for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid and move along the peace process.

The United Nations envoy on the Middle East peace process called for an immediate resolution to the growing tensions over a hunger strike by Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails.

Israel's settlement 'legalization bill' would harm prospects for Arab-Israeli peace.

In the wake of the recent attack on an evacuation convoy near Aleppo, Syria, and the purported use of chemical weapons in southern Idlib, the United Nations child rights body called for...

The pattern of attacks indicates that health care is being deliberately targeted in the Syrian conflict

As the conflict in Mosul intensifies and greater numbers of civilians are caught in the crossfire, the United Nations health agency and its partners have increased trauma care services to ensure...