2019

The only way to guarantee peace, security and sustainable development is for countries to work together, the UN General Assembly president said in his speech on Monday concluding the annual high-level debate in the Hall. …

In the coming decade, the number of persons aged 60 or over is projected to grow by 46 per cent, making the increase in those officially classified as elderly, one of the “most significant transformations of this century,'' the United…

There is a “sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people” as a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible and inclusive Constitutional Committee is set to start deliberations next month, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country…

'Sign of hope' for long-suffering Syrians as new committee forms; Yemen prisoner release signals hope for Yemen; Assembly President closes formal Debate; Refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda; Multilingualism observed on World Day.…

Following days of intensifying protests in Haiti, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday the UN was “concerned by reports of violence and arson” across the country. At the dailypress …

Hopes for a possible end to the war in Yemen grew slightly on Monday, following the news that nearly 300 detainees have been released as a gesture of goodwill by Houthi forces, pitted against the Government of Abd Rabbu Mansour…

A whole family, including women and children, were abducted by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council Militias, after they broke into their home in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, local sources reported on Monday. A social…

UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council Militias have on Monday looted the rest of the office of the Electricity Corporation on Socotra Island, local sources said. According to the sources, the remaining equipment and furniture from the…

The Saudi-led coalition forces and their mercenaries on Monday continued to bomb residential areas in Hodeidah province, western Yemen, in a continual violation of Sweden agreement, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. According…

The Yemen Press Agency on Monday obtained footage showing the release of 350 war prisoners in the capital Sanaa. the just-released prisoners are on the exchange prisoner list agreed in the Stockholm Agreement. Video Player…