Oil wells set alight by ISIL are visible from the newly retaken Iraqi town of al-Hud, outside Mosul, where IOM distributed 350 non-food item kits to recently displaced families. UN Photo: IOM / Jennifer Sparks (representational image)

António Guterres Pledges UN Support to Iraqi Government

July 11, 2017July 13, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Iraq, Mosul, UN

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute Monday to Iraqi people and Government after Iraqi Government’s declaration that its forces

Narendra Modi arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Washington DC, USA on June 24, 2017

Americas World

Why President Trump Must Cancel Visa of Indian PM Narendra Modi

June 25, 2017June 28, 2017 RMN News Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Muslims, Narendra Modi, Visa

The U.S. administration had denied visa to Narendra Modi in view of the allegations of human rights violations against him

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Middle East and Africa World

UN Opens Probe into Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Congo

June 24, 2017June 27, 2017 RMN News Congo, Human Rights, UN

The United Nations opened Friday an international investigation into alleged killings, mutilations and destruction of entire villages in the Democratic

A group of volunteers, led by a fourth-year former architecture student, links two basements with a tunnel and turns them into an underground playground in the Syrian Arab Republic. to provide children with a relatively safe place to play and have fun together.

Middle East and Africa World

Fighting in Syria Threatens the Lives of over 40,000 Children

June 10, 2017June 12, 2017 RMN News Children, Syria, UNICEF

Heavy violence in the Syrian city of Ar-Raqqa is threatening the lives of more than 40,000 children who remain trapped

Middle East and Africa World

Number of Suspected Cholera Cases Reaches 100,000 in Yemen

June 9, 2017June 11, 2017 RMN News Children, Cholera, UNICEF, WHO, Yemen

The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen continues to rise, reaching 101,820 with 791 deaths as of 7 June

An Israeli Security Forces vehicle lights a gate in the security fence that separates farmers in the Biddu enclave from their land in the Seam Zone, which is the land between the 1949 Armistices Line and the West Bank Barrier. UN Photo: Alaa Ghosheh / UNRWA Archives

Middle East and Africa World

Time to Establish an Independent Palestinian State: UN Chief

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Palestine, UN

Marking 50 years since the start of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, which resulted in Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territory,