4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (418+ words) As the war in the Middle East continues, the United Nations Secretary-General issued a passionate call for "serious negotiations" between the US and Iran to resume, warning that respect for international law "is being trampled" underfoot." He said"the theme…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (490+ words) Developments over the weekend have raised fresh concerns across the Middle East and beyond after talks between the United States and Iran on Saturday ended without agreement, fuelling uncertainty and renewed tensions. Meanwhile, the humanitarian toll continues to mount, with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (570+ words) The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General Ant'nio Guterres to issue a stark warning on Thursday morning that the world is "on the edge of a wider war" with catastrophic global implications. Speaking to…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (577+ words) The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes across the region and rising humanitarian needs. The UN nuclear watchdog reports that a projectile struck the premises of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, with no damage or injuries. In…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (135+ words) The UN Security Council meets at 3 PM (New York time) on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, with rising tensions in the occupied West Bank expected to dominate the session. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary Di Carlo…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (597+ words) As President Trump launched the international Board of Peace plan for Gaza on Thursday, top independent rights experts tasked by the UN Human Rights Council with investigating grave abuses linked to the Hamas-Israel war pledged to continue their work seeking…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (598+ words) A spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank is driving new displacement, shutting schools and disrupting essential services for tens of thousands of Palestinians, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said in its latest…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (734+ words) The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been a "surge in repression and extraordinary spike in executions" there since Israeli hit the country with airstrikes in June. Briefing at UN Headquarters in New…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (698+ words) The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank alongside threats of annexation and mounting violence there and in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Security Council heard on Monday." Ramiz Alakbarov, UN…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (220+ words) Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the global body's Geneva headquarters, where Israel rejected allegations of genocide by an international panel of independent…...