human-rights

Nearly 3,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the United Nations migration agency, which also reported that more than a dozen rescue operations were under...

The Trump administration’s executive order on travel, scheduled for federal appeals court review on Monday 15 May, would harm both immigrants and US citizens if allowed to enter into effect, warns...

With some 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails on hunger strike for a second month, an independent United Nations expert vising the region called on Israel to comply with international law and...

Poverty continues to impact the lives of Middle Eastern and Northern African children, according to new analysis from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which highlights that millions of...

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...

Bahraini human rights activist and former Al Wefaq Consultive Council member Nizar Al Qari (49 years old) was arrested from his residence on Friday 5th of May & security forces raided his house...

Warning of the disastrous impact of an imminent attack on a western city and port and Yemen, the United Nations migration agency has called on all actors to use dialogue and talks rather than...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said that next week’s UN-facilitated talks in Geneva will benefit from the dynamics of the negotiations which began in Astana,...

As a new front opens in the fight between Iraqi forces and the group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) in north-western Mosul city, United Nations humanitarian staff...

One person out of every 35 trying to cross the inland sea between northern Africa and Italy in 2017 has died out in the deep waters of the Mediterranean, the United Nations refugee agency reported...

Voicing concern over lack of humanitarian access – particularly for medicine and medical supplies – in war-torn Yemen, a senior United Nations relief official has called on all parties to the...

The escalating conflict in South Sudan had driven more than one million children out of the country, the United Nations announced, warning that the future of a generation is ‘on the brink.’

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...

Four international humanitarian organizations have temporarily suspended activities in northern Central African Republic (CAR) after dozens of attacks on aid workers in the region, the United...

'Hard power' can no longer stop conflicts nor the rise of violent extremism and “ancient hatreds” such as antisemitism and racial discrimination, the head of the United Nations cultural agency said...

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology supports women’s creative and innovative activities, the telecom minister Mahmoud Vaezi said here on Tuesday.

The head of the United Nations emergency food relief agency today appealed for “regular, unimpeded and sustained” humanitarian access during meetings with senior government officials and partners...

The United Nations said that it remains deeply concerned by the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the eastern part of Syria’s Ghouta, where some 400,000 people are trapped.

Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure their adequate protection show that Afghanistan remains an unsafe country for...

Disturbed by the escalation of violence and subsequent suffering of civilians in South Sudan as a result of the recent government offensive, the United Nations urged the Government and other...