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Calling for creative ways to work towards peace in Syria, the United Nations Special Envoy outlined the political path forward, which includes holding another round of the so-named Astana talks and...

An air strike which hit Faj Attan, a residential area of Yemen’s capital Sana’a, destroying three homes, killing ten people and injuring seven more, shows that after more than two years of...

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...

Reiterating that attacks targeting civilians are prohibited under international law, the United Nations human rights office confirmed dozens of casualties in airstrikes on villages near the...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The majority of deaths from Yemen's cholera outbreak have occurred in rebel-controlled areas cut off from supplies due to airstrikes and blockades by a...

Tehran (ISNA) - The Iranian Judiciary has issued a ruling demanding the US government pay around $245 million compensation to a number of victims of chemical attacks carried out by Saddam Hussein’s...

Senior United Nations humanitarian officials for Syria expressed deep concern over many civilians reportedly killed in airstrikes and other attacks in the last few days in Raqqa city, where...

The Iraqi Government must ensure that the thousands of women and girls who survived sexual violence by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorist fighters receive care,...

The top United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq has warned against the consequences of displacement as thousands of civilians are expected to flee from Tal Afar and surrounding communities...

Warning about escalating suffering in Yemen's man-made catastrophe, senior United Nations officials addressed the Security Council, calling on the international community to push for a political...

The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands...

Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and organizations defending human rights said on Wednesday the Mirza Olang massacre in Sayyad district of Sar-e-Pul province must be...

More than 500,000 people in Yemen are suspected of having cholera, the United Nations health agency said, warning that the disease is spreading quickly due to a lack of clean water or health access.

One year since Sana’a Airport was shut down, more Yemenis have died from not being able to travel for specialised medical care than those who have been killed by airstrikes.

Daesh (ISIS) takfiri terrorists have beheaded an Iranian military adviser in Syria, two days after capturing him near the Iraqi border.

Instead of initiating a repressive clampdown on freedom of expression the Israeli authorities must halt any attempt to silence critical media.

sadly typical of the policies of the Australian department of immigration, whose conduct on Manus Island has been marked by human rights abuses and deliberate cruelty.

Expressing a deep concern about reports of airstrikes on civilians in Yemen's Sa'ada Governorate, a senior United Nations relief official has urged all parties to the conflict and those who...

As I have said before, even wars have rules and such rules must be respected. Said Mr. Jamie McGoldrick

Marking three years since the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) attacked the Yazidis in Syria, a United Nations-mandated inquiry has called for justice and rescue plans.