Human Rights Abuses Increasing in Modi’s India: Report
United Nations member countries should call on India to stop targeting nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and others who criticize the government…
UN Rights Chief Concerned Over State of Emergency in Turkey
Raising alarm over the use of rhetoric by States that they can “solve problems” and find ways around lawful safeguards,…
Is America Ready for a War with North Korea?
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that preventing armed conflict in north-east Asia is the international community’s…
Syrian Swimmer Named UN Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appointed Thursday Yusra Mardini as its new Goodwill Ambassador.…
UN Calls for an End to Attacks on Syrian Hospitals
Following reports of airstrikes that damaged hospitals in northern Syria, two senior United Nations (UN) humanitarian officials on Wednesday called…
Terrorists in the Middle East Using Chemical Weapons: UN Chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday warned that progress made in eliminating the world’s declared stockpiles of chemical weapons…