New York, Feb 8 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Friday deplored the killing of Cambodian journalist Suon Chan and called for those respon ...

New York, Feb 8 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday reiterated the urgency of ending the political crisis in Ukraine through dialogue and the need to prevent furth ...

New York, Feb 8 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency warned on Friday that the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has sent thousands of people streaming into neighbouring co ...

New York, Feb 8 (JEN): As the first of 2,500 Syrians trapped by war in the Old City of Homs without aid for nearly two years were evacuated on Friday under a three-day accord allowing peopl ...

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): The United Nations and the African Union (AU) affirmed their common commitment “to put an end to history’s oldest and least condemned crime” by signing landmark ...

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): Government and opposition forces in Syria are committing war crimes by using civilian suffering, such as blocking access to food, water and health services, as a metho ...

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): The United Nations on Thursday welcomed a long-sought accord to let in convoys with life-saving supplies for 500 Syrian families trapped by war in the Old City of Homs ...

New York, Feb 6 (JEN): Senior United Nations officials on Wednesday welcomed parliamentary approval of an amnesty law covering acts of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) datin ...

New York, Feb 6 (JEN): Spain should investigate alleged atrocities committed in its 1930s Civil War and under the regime of Francisco Franco that followed, a United Nations independent exper ...