Powerful UN Security Council greenlights second term for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Michele Bachelet also says/Hamas/rocket attacks on Israel violated/humanitarian laws/

Humanitarian officials continue assistance, but insecurity restricts essential deliveries, including

Western nations express concern about human rights situation of Uyghur Muslims in China during UN me

Moon Jae-in says his final year in office may be last opportunity to achieve irreversible peace

As the occupying power, the UN says Israel would be in violation of international humanitarian law w

More than 16 million people across Ethiopia require assistance due to drought, conflict and COVID-19

The US is not giving up on peace talks, senior US official says

In its first comments since the vote, the Biden administration reiterates its concerns about Iran's

The US State Department did not respond to a VOA Persian request for comment as Iran's critics point

Ban Ki-moon called on the UN Security Council and regional bloc ASEAN to take concrete action to sto

The latest resurgence of violence between Masalit farmers and Arab herders has left over 130 dead

Lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's deposed civilian government craft new constitution as Myanmar mark

The UN has raised concerns about atrocities being committed in Tigray, while US Secretary of State A

Ethiopia filled the reservoir for the first time in 2020, leading to a breakdown in talks; Egypt and

A new UN report says South Sudanese political and military leaders supported well-armed militias tha

South Sudan's people are experiencing the worst violence since civil war broke out in December 2013

Since President Ndayishimiye assumed power, he has promised to promote the rule of law, make the jud

Policed have told Rohingya refugees living in slums in Jammu city that more Rohingyas are to be roun

IFRC urges restraint, a halt to violence, protection of its volunteers and first responders

UN human rights chief says murders and sexual attacks could amount to war crimes

Biden administration is urged not to alter peace agreement without consulting insurgent group

In an emotional appeal at the General Assembly, the envoy asked that 'any means necessary' be used t

Malaysia does not officially recognize refugees from any country, but authorities have typically all

Antonio Guterres blasted Myanmar's military coup in a speech opening UN Human Rights Council's 46th

Various governments use the pandemic as a pretext to entrench their power by cracking down on opposi

UN investigators report more than 75% of the country currently is engulfed in brutal violence at the

Report calls for changing what governments tax, how nations value economic output, how power is gene

Antonio Guterres says the task force should mobilize pharmaceutical companies and key industry and l

Karim Khan currently leads a UN team investigating atrocity crimes allegedly committed by IS in Iraq

Appeal comes on anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution

'The time is now to find an end to this conflict'

Would reverse 2018 decision by Trump administration

15-page report documents in excruciating detail other forms of punishment meted out to prisoners, in

UN special rapporteur on Myanmar says military acted 'outrageously,' calls for sanctions, arms embar

Statement says there has been a high number of reported rapes as well as reports that some women are

The UN's humanitarian chief warns US designation could cut aid deliveries, pushing a nation already

Human Rights Watch says incoming president must protect rights in in ways that would prevent future

Biden calls breach of Capitol insurrection,' condemns violent mob

Second round of talks expected to finalize agenda of negotiations that eventually will decide future

More than one million people are caught in a devastating cycle of violence and abuse in Mozambique's

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in more than a month of fighting in the country's Ti

Move likely to anger Pyongyang

Hundreds took to the streets of Yaounde, Thursday to protest

Human Rights Watch says US should not complete proposed weapons sales to UAE until that country limi

A weapons investigator with Amnesty International says South Sudan government forces are often the o

The call comes as aid group notes hospitals in the restive region are running low on supplies

Guterres is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Afghanistan to boost US mediated

Ethiopia has warned Tigrayan forces they face military action if they don't surrender, weeks into a

Agencies brace for full-scale humanitarian crisis as number of those fleeing to neighboring Sudan is

Michelle Bachelet warns conflict could spill across borders, destabilize parts of East Africa

Ethiopia's stability is on the line as the recent outburst of fighting in the Tigray and Oromo regio

The United States is among 14 countries whose human rights records will be examined under the UN Hum

United Nations received reports of intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrests and attacks against p

Pompeo, while visiting India, implores countries to seek peaceful solution

At least 20 people reportedly have been killed in inter-communal clashes and violent confrontations

US envoy to UN, Kelly Craft, said recent breakthroughs in normalization of relations between Israel

NATO maintains a 500-strong training mission in Iraq to prepare local forces in the event of attacks