Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein finishes his four-year term today as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

All parties in the Yemen conflict have committed war crimes, according to a damning new report by U.N. experts. In the report, they point to possible crimes on all sides between March 2015 and June this year.

All parties in Yemen conflict have committed war crimes, according to a new report by UN experts.

Tributes are being paid to former UN chief Kofi Annan who died on Saturday after a short illness with the current UN Secretary-General describing him as a guiding force for good and a true inspiration.

The UN is warning of a humanitarian disaster as the government continues its offensive to gain control of rebel-held Daraa

The position of the head of the Inernational Organisation Migration traditionally goes to an American, but Ken Isaacs had expressed xenophobic and anti-Islamic views.

It comes as diplomatic avenues fail, ahead of an expected battle between Arab coalition and Houthi rebels

Zeid Raad al-Hussein said Israel used "wholly disproportionate" force on Gaza protesters

Call for swift political talks to end war, as EU and UN hosts donor conference

As Washington weighs up when, where and if it is to strike in Syria, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that head on confrontation with Russia could be the result.

Two years on: 'not enough has been done' Richard Ratcliffe tells euronews about his wife Nazanin's detention.

Fire at the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeidah has engulfed warehouses filled with vital aid and food supplies.

The UN says the evacuation of civilians from eastern Ghouta is expected today, as the US warns there must be a ceasefire in Syria.

Guatemala is the first country to follow the US lead in relocating its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. It's a controversial move, not just because it runs counter to a non-binding UN resolution, but because the international ccommunity has never recognised Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem.

Residents in the besieged eastern Ghouta district near the Syrian capital Damascus are enduring one of the most intense bombardments of the near eight-year conflict

The UN’s World Food Programme is delivering much-needed aid to formerly-besieged areas of Syria.