21 May 2014 – UN human rights experts today appealed to Iranian authorities to halt the scheduled execution of two…
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21 May 2014 – The United Nations and Iran have agreed on additional practical measures aimed at allaying concerns about…
21 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the “flagrant disregard” for international human rights and…
20 May 2014 – Briefing the Security Council today on what he called an “impasse” in talks between Israelis and…
20 May 2014 – The health department of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East today reported…
19 May 2014 – Amid a “dire” situation in the Yarmouk refugee camp where thousands of civilians have been and…
19 May 2014 – Welcoming the announcement of the initial results of Iraq’s Council of Representatives election, United Nations Secretary-General…
17 May 2014 – Following reports that armed groups cut water supplies in Syria’s flashpoint town of Aleppo, leaving at…
16 May 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has started moving more food supplies…
15 May 2014 – A senior United Nations official has highlighted the extreme hardship faced by Palestinian refugees in Syria…
15 May 2014 – Nearly 15 million people in Yemen – over half the population – are in need of…
15 May 2014 – Drought and ongoing conflict are not only adding pressure to Syria’s already dire food security situation,…
Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian conflict, the Times reported. Times writer Anthony Loyd was shot twice in the leg while being held captive and photographer…
Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers moved up a gear Wednesday as negotiators began in Vienna to hammer out what could be a historic accord. After three meetings this year that Washington says have enabled both sides to “understand each other…
13 May 2014 – Amidst an international community “hopelessly divided” over how to end more than three years of bloodshed…
12 May 2014 – Continued inaction in the Middle East peace process could lead to further instability in the region,…
12 May 2014 – The top United Nations envoy in Iraq says he remains concerned at reports of increased armed…
8 May 2014 – The head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and…
A suspected Al-Qaeda suicide bomber Sunday killed 12 soldiers and a civilian in an attack on a military base in southeast Yemen, officials said, as government forces pursued jihadists in three restive provinces. The bombing came just hours after three…
Iran will not accept “nuclear apartheid” but is willing to offer more transparency over its atomic activities, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday ahead of new talks with world powers. Iran and the P5+1 group of nations will start hammering out a draft…