As Gaza’s fragile ceasefire frays and humanitarian conditions deteriorate, a senior UN envoy warned the Security Council on Thursday that delays in implementing the Council-backed…
View More Gaza risks ‘permanent’ state of limbo if transition plan stalls, Security Council hears
Aptly titled and profoundly analytical, Oxford scholar Faisal Devji’s latest book, Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam, has ignited a vital intellectual…
View More THE WANING CRESCENT: HOW MODERNITY INVENTED ‘GLOBAL ISLAM’
The head of the UN atomic watchdog on Monday underscored the need to safeguard nuclear security in wartime, a day after a drone strike near…
View More UN underscores protection of nuclear sites following drone strike on Emirati plant
Civilians across Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon continue to face mounting hardship as conflict, displacement and ongoing military operations deepen humanitarian needs and strain…
View More Israeli military strikes add to civilian suffering in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon
More than 1,600 conflict-related detainees in Yemen will be released under a UN-brokered agreement reached after months of negotiations in Jordan, marking the largest prisoner…
View More Yemen parties agree under UN mediation to release 1,600 detainees
Israeli military operations and surging settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are killing and maiming a growing number of Palestinian children, while in Gaza…
View More Children shot, stabbed and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank
The humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate despite the ceasefire announced last month with Israel, the United Nations said on Monday. More than 100…
View More Middle East: Deadly weekend in Lebanon, continued violence in Gaza
The fragile ceasefire in Lebanon hasn’t prevented “ongoing killing and displacement”, with villages in the south of the country rendered completely unrecognizable after Israeli strikes,…
View More Lebanon war leaves families foraging for food despite ceasefire
An Israeli airstrike overnight on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut has sparked a new wave of displacement among civilians already impacted by…
View More Lebanon: Fresh strike on Beirut suburbs ‘a very alarming development’
Death and destruction have continued unabated in Lebanon while communities are still unable to return to their homes despite a ceasefire that began on 17…
View More In Lebanon, the same fears and dangers persist despite ceasefire: UNHCR