2019

A number of Yemeni fishermen have been detained and tortured by Saudi-led coalition mercenaries on the Hanish Islands, in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah. Local sources confirmed that 17 Yemeni fishermen from the village of Al-Qataba in…

Independent United Nations human rights experts expressed apprehension on Thursday over the “incommunicado detention” of a Uyghur Muslim academic who has reportedly been sentenced to death.  The whereabouts of…

The number of Haitians who do not have sufficient food to eat is expected to surpass four million next year, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.  OCHA reports that deteriorating…

Cutting child mortality by a third in Brazil, reaching carbon neutrality in Finland and redirecting trillions of dollars of investment to funds that promote sustainability: these are some examples of initiatives from…

The decision to ensure that all babies born in Kazakhstan are registered at birth and issued birth certificates has been welcomed by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.  The country this month amended its Code on…

Only by ending the war in Afghanistan can there be “real hope” for a prosperous future for the country, the top UN official there said on Thursday.  Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in…

Women who set up their own businesses will succeed if they are knowledgeable about their field and “trust their knowledge”; that’s according to the owner of a successful wine bar and store in the city of New Orleans in the…

 Israeli occupation warplanes launched a series of airstrikes targeting several sites in the north and south of the Gaza Strip at dawn Thursday, under the pretext of firing a missile at the occupied city of Ashkelon on Wednesday evening.…

Mohammed Abdulsalam, head of the national negotiating delegation warned of  “serious” consequences over Saudi-led coalition’ attack on the popular market of “Al-Raqw” in the border district of Monabbih in Saada province,for the fourth time,…

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock on Wednesday expressed his concern about the armed attacks on international organizations in the occupied city of Dhalea,…