Almost one million Syrians living under siege: UN
The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says.…
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Israeli bills draw Palestinian warning
A senior Palestinian official has said his government will go to the UN to stop what he called a series of…
Iraqi forces retake historical town of Nimrud
Iraqi government forces say they have captured Nimrud, the site of an ancient Assyrian city overrun by Islamic…
Arab Spring ‘cost region $600bn’ in lost growth, UN says
The Arab Spring protest movement has cost the region $614bn in lost growth since 2011, the UN says. The estimate is…
240 drowned in two migrant shipwrecks
About 240 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN…
Syria conflict: UN urges probe into deadly air strike on school
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has demanded an immediate investigation into an air strike in Syria on Wednesday that hit a…
FM denies Egypt-Saudi Arabia tensions amid voting in UN council
Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel held a press conference on…
Egypt ‘regrets’ UN failure to save Aleppo after voting for 2 alternate…
Egypt says it regrets the UN Security Council's failure to take action to save Syria's Aleppo after two resolutions…
Unicef: Fifth of developing world children in extreme poverty
Nearly a fifth of children in developing countries are living in extreme poverty, the World Bank and the UN's…
Syria conflict: Air strikes leave Aleppo ‘without water’
Intensified attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo have left nearly two million people without water, the UN says.…