2019

A powerful earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit the northwestern Iranian city of Hashtrud, the U.S. Geological Survey Center said Sunday. According to the Center, the epicenter of the quake is located 55 kilometers northeast…

The French company, Total, said on Thursday that the aggression coalition is controlling its oil facilities in eastern Yemen despite its efforts to return to the operation of the gas project in Balhaf. The company explained that foreign…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported, on Saturday, that Yemen lacks 70 percent of its medication needs. "Less than 50% of health facilities in Yemen are functioning, while less than 30% of the necessary medicines are…

Greater action is needed to protect the environment during wartime if the world is to realize the goal of a more sustainable future for all people and the planet, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Wednesday.…

Libya remains entangled in a “cycle of violence, atrocities and impunity”, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, nearly a decade since the Court began its work…

The Commissioner-General for the UN relief and works agency serving Palestine refugees, UNRWA, resigned on Wednesday, hours after the UN announced preliminary findings of an investigation into misconduct allegations.…

“Ordinary women, men and children face overwhelming challenges” just to survive in Venezuela today, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said on Wednesday in the capital, Caracas. “Millions…

Ongoing violence in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest has created a fast-growing humanitarian emergency now affecting some 1.9 million people, a “15-fold increase since 2017”, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.…

Current trends and public pronouncements by some political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina indicate an effort to roll back reforms implemented since the end of the Balkan wars two decades ago, the UN Security Council heard on…

The top UN official in Yemen has welcomed an agreement to end infighting between the Government and separatist allies in the south of the country, known as the Southern Transitional Council, signed on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.…