Pakistan, Iran to drive millions more Afghan returns in 2026 — UN
More than half of expected returnees will be women and children, many with weak ties to Afghanistan
Aid agencies seek over $428 million for reintegration support amid...
WHO Chief recommends 42-day quarantine for MV Hondius ship evacuees
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that the WHO provides, but does not impose, its recommendations on member countries
GENEVA - Passengers evacuated from the MV...
Iran has executed 21, arrested 4,000 since start of Mideast war: UN
GENEVA: Iran has executed at least 21 people and arrested more than 4,000 since the Middle East war began, the United Nations said on Wednesday.Since the US-Israeli strikes sparked the war in late...
Iran needs ‘credible guarantees’ against attacks before Gulf can be stable: envoy
The ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, addressed a Security Council session initiated by Bahrain, in which dozens of countries condemned Iran for exerting control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz
Save humanity’: Four figures battling it out to lead embattled UN
Candidates to each face grillings by 193 member states and NGOs for three hours
Antonio Guterres's term as secretary-general ends on December 31, 2026
About 250 people feared missing after boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN
The Rohingya on board this latest boat were likely leaving huge camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, where more than a million refugees forced to flee Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine...
UN expected to vote on watered-down Hormuz resolution on Tuesday
It requires at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes from the five permanent members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the US
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...
Iran war an ‘abject lesson’ on fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says
While geographically far from the crisis in the Middle East, the EU has felt its disruption through surging global energy prices
BRUSSELS: The disruption to...
WHO reports over 1,800 deaths in Iran, Lebanon, Israel amid current escalation
At least 12,500 people have been injured, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says
GENEVA - More than 1,800 people have died and at least 12,500...
WHO warns of health risks from ‘black rain’ in Iran
The black rain and the acidic rain coming with it is indeed a danger for the population, respiratory mainly,” WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told a press briefing in Geneva, adding...