search
Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on June 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov)
July 22, 2018, 5:41 am
UN chief urges Hamas to stop arson attacks after Gaza violence
Antonio Guterres says 'imperative' for both sides to 'urgently step back from the brink of another devastating conflict'
By TOI staff and Agencies
The Security Council Chamber as Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein (shown on screen), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses via video conference the Council's open debate on the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East on March 27, 2015, in New York. (UN photo)
July 9, 2018, 7:21 pm
UN failing to recognize, fight anti-Semitism, watchdog charges
UN Watch report accuses world body of engaging in 'softcore Holocaust denial,' calls on Guterres to push reforms that will help combat Jew hatred worldwide
By Raphael Ahren
Syrians displaced by government forces' bombardment in the southern Daraa province countryside drive near the town of Shayyah, south of the city of Daraa, towards the demilitarized zone separating the Israeli and Syrian Golan heights on June 29, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
July 5, 2018, 11:34 pm
Russia blocks Security Council statement on Syria
Diplomats say member states can't agree on response to escalating fighting and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in country's southwest
By AFP
A Syrian government forces' soldier smokes a cigarette on an armored vehicle during a government guided tour in the village of al-Sourah, province of Daraa, on June 29, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Youssef KARWASHAN)
June 30, 2018, 4:14 am
UN calls for armed groups to leave Golan area separating Israel-Syria forces
Call comes as Assad presses offensive against rebels in the area, causing tens of thousands of civilians to flee toward Jordan and Israel
By AFP and TOI staff
A man inspects rubble after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, February 4, 2018. (Hani Mohammed/AP)
June 28, 2018, 9:08 am
UN: 10,000 children killed, maimed in conflicts worldwide in 2017
Global body says attacks by Saudi Arabia and UAE responsible for half of the 1,300 child deaths or injuries in Yemen
By Verena Dobnik
An Echo Technician from Wolfson Medical Center in Israel, examines the heart of a child at the Save a Child's Heart clinic in Zanzibar, March 5, 2018. (Nati Shohat/FLASH9)
June 25, 2018, 7:36 pm
Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart group wins UN Population Award
Prestigious prize given to non-profit medical charity for saving the lives of thousands of children around the world
By Stuart Winer
Syrian rebel fighters ride a tank in Daraa, southwestern Syria, on June 23, 2018. (Mohamad ABAZEED/AFP)
June 24, 2018, 2:21 pm
US tells rebels in south Syria not to expect help against regime assault
Opposition group commander says announcement was expected, 'so we weren't disappointed'
By AFP
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on June 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov)
June 23, 2018, 7:52 am
UN chief appeals for end to fighting in southern Syria
Guterres calls for return to ceasefire agreement in area near Israeli border, says regime offensive poses 'significant risks' to regional security
By AFP
Syrians rescue a child following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
June 21, 2018, 4:16 pm
Russia ‘skeptical’ over UN Syrian crimes against humanity report
Document claiming regime starved residents of rebel-held eastern Ghouta is based on secondhand accounts, Moscow says
By AFP
A wounded Palestinian is evacuated during clashes with Israeli forces along the border with the Gaza Strip on the eastern outskirts of Jabaliya on May 11, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
June 19, 2018, 6:45 am
Israeli use of live fire in Gaza causing ‘unprecedented crisis,’ Red Cross says
With more than 13,000 wounded, caseload from seven weeks of protests has surpassed that of 2014 war, officials say
By AFP and TOI staff
A woman stands holding a Palestinian flag with a cloth sack placed above her head before a barbed-wire fence and next to burning tires, during clashes following a demonstration near the border with Israel east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 8, 2018. (AFP/ SAID KHATIB)
June 18, 2018, 2:38 am
UN chief said to slam Israel, Liberman over Gaza in new report
Document mandated by Security Council Resolution 2334, blocked for months by US and not yet public, reportedly also condemns Hamas, accuses defense minister of inflaming situation
By TOI staff
This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
May 26, 2018, 6:45 am
US demands Syria withdraw as chair of anti-chemical weapons forum
DC say Assad regime, which has gassed its own people, lacks legitimacy, moral authority to run conference; UN chief says he can't intervene
By TOI staff
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech during an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome on March 15, 2018. . (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
May 22, 2018, 10:36 pm
UN chief urges Lebanon’s Hezbollah to halt military activity
Antonio Guterres says it's a 'fundamental anomaly' for political party to have armed force 'that has no accountability' to state
By Agencies
A picture taken on July 26, 2017 during a tour guided by the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement shows members of the group manning an anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pick-up truck in a mountainous area around the Lebanese town of Arsal along the border with Syria. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
May 22, 2018, 6:34 am
UN chief urges Lebanon’s Hezbollah to halt military action
Antonio Guterres says the Shiite group's vast arsenal destabilizes Lebanon, violates Security Council resolutions and the accords that ended the civil war
By Edith M. Lederer
Palestinians chant slogans during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP)
May 14, 2018, 6:18 pm
Egypt condemns Israeli deadly force in Gaza; Turkey says US also to blame
UN expresses concern as dozens reported killed on border; Security Council to hold emergency meeting; EU calls for 'restraint'
By Agencies and TOI staff
Load More