Switzerland

Mandela prize: the UN awards it for the first time

The first United Nations Nelson Mandela Prize will be given to Namibian ophthalmologist Dr. Helena Ndume and former Portuguese president Jorge

23/06/2015

Israel

Gaza/Israel: both guilty of serious violations last summer says UN

The UN has released its long-awaited report on last summer’s conflict between Gaza and Israel. Human Rights Council investigators say there is

22/06/2015

Switzerland

Fights and insults end UN quest for peace in Yemen

UN brokered peace moves on Yemen have collapsed with exiled government negotiators set to return to Saudi Arabia. Earlier the talks descended into

19/06/2015

World News

Record 59.5 million people displaced by conflict worldwide in 2014

17/06/2015

Switzerland

Despite "ticking bomb" situation, little hope for peace in Yemen talks

Delegates from both sides of the Yemen peace talks express little hope for a resolution to the conflict in the country.

16/06/2015

Ukraine

Moscow accused of 'outright lies' over Ukraine

The US ambassador to the United Nations has accused Moscow of “outright lies” over the financing and arming of pro-Russian separatists in eastern

11/06/2015

Russia

Russian wheat production could fall without rain

Russia’s major wheat-producing region of Rostov, in the south, risks falling as much as 20% short of harvest targets if it fails to receive enough

09/06/2015

Egypt

Egyptian Human Rights Council calls on state to end abuses

Egypt’s National Council of Human Rights (NCHR) has published a report saying that the country still has a long way to go in respecting basic

01/06/2015

World News

Secret negotiations and freeing Mandela: 'Plot for Peace' premiers in NYC

Politicians and diplomats gathered at the United Nations in New York for a gala screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary ‘Plot for Peace.’

29/05/2015

Nepal

One month after the quake Nepal waits in vain for salvation

It is a month since an earthquake shattered Nepal, but it seems like an eternity for the survivors. Fear still runs high of more tremors, and there

25/05/2015

World News

UN refugee chief: 15 million displaced from Syria and Iraq

The United Nations refugee chief said on Saturday the growing humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq were leaving aid agencies struggling to deliver

23/05/2015

World News

Scientists warn against mobile phone 'radiation'

Scientists are warning against the constant use of mobile phones, lap tops, tablets and other wireless devices. They claim too much electromagnetic

12/05/2015

World News

Mogherini asks UN Security Council to back EU migrants plan

The European Union's foreign policy chief has pleaded for UN help to save migrants lives and attack people traffickers, in a bid to secure international legal backing for potential military action.

11/05/2015

Nepal

Woman and teenage boy rescued five days after Nepal quake

Five days after Nepal’s earthquake, a double miracle has occurred. A young woman has been pulled from the rubble in Kathmandu just hours after a

30/04/2015

Central African Republic

Rape of children by French forces in Central Africa 'will be punished' if proven

France has vowed to punish any of its soldiers if they are proven to have committed child rape in the Central African Republic. Fourteen French

30/04/2015

Nepal

UN appeals for millions to tackle Nepal earthquake disaster

International aid continues to arrive in Nepal following Saturday’s devastating earthquake. But the needs are vast and the UN is appealing for

30/04/2015

Nepal

UN launches appeal for $415m in aid for Nepal

More needs to be done to help the millions of Nepalis fighting to survive following a major earthquake in the region, that's according to the UN who have launched an appeal for almost 400 million euro

29/04/2015

Iraq

Iraq: UN team visits camp for families who have fled Ramadi fighting

A senior UN delegation has visited camps in Baghdad for Iraq’s internally-displaced people – 2.7 million of whom have fled their homes since January

23/04/2015

Somalia

Al-Shabaab murders 10 United Nations workers in Somalia

At least ten people were killed when a minibus carrying United Nations workers was bombed in Somalia. Four people from the global body’s children’s

20/04/2015

Europe News

EU urged to change course over world's deadliest sea crossing

After yet more lives lost in the Mediterranean sea, human rights activists are demanding the EU changes course on its migration and asylum policies

16/04/2015