United Nations

Migrant workers lined up. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Bangladeshi workers must be protected from exploitation in Malaysia: UN experts

UN experts urged Malaysia and Bangladesh to investigate and address the situation

FILE PHOTO: A convoy of aid trucks drives into Gaza from Rafah crossing, April 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this screen grab taken from video. REUTERS TV/via REUTERS/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israel still imposing 'unlawful' restrictions on Gaza aid, UN rights office says

Israeli soldiers stand by as masked Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinian protesters (unseen) during a demonstration against construction on an Israeli outpost near the Palestinian village of Turmusaya and the settlement of Shilo, north of Ramallah in the West Bank. File photo: AFP
Middle East

Israeli forces taking part in settler attacks on Palestinians: UN

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day of the trial to hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza and to desist from what South Africa says are genocidal acts committed against Palestinians during the war with Hamas in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Europe

Germany faces Gaza genocide case at top UN court

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, 5 March 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UN humanitarian chief calls Gaza war 'betrayal of humanity'

File Photo: Reuters
Hamas-Israel war

Israel not doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza, say UN and EU

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES
Hamas-Israel war

UN official warns of unfolding tragedy in Gaza, urges immediate action

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights logo is seen at Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UN says attacks against humanitarian workers may be war crimes

A photo taken on 23 January 2024 shows the United Nations Human Rights Council at the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
Hamas-Israel war

UN rights council demands halt of arms sales to Israel

Palestinians walk past destroyed houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
World+Biz

Palestinians should seek statehood through direct talks, not at UN, US says

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks with the media following a meeting of the Security Council to vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/ File photo
Middle East

Palestinians want April vote on full United Nations membership

A border wall is pictured in the town of Marwahin, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
Middle East

UN observers wounded in blast in south Lebanon, peacekeeping mission says

Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola/File Photo
Africa

Sudan needs 'immediate action' on hunger to avert widespread death, UN-backed report says