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World
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Region
8/24/2024 2:43:48 PM
On the deserted border between Lebanon and Israel, Spanish UN peacekeepers have for more than 10 months effectively been caught in a war zone.
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World
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Region
8/6/2024 6:57:02 PM
UN peacekeepers on the Israeli-Lebanese border have never been more crucial, the force's global chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Tuesday, as fears soared of an escalation in the Middle East.
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World
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Region
7/10/2024 1:24:05 PM
Cyprus marks a half-century of division this month, with the unresolved conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots branded on the landscape in a UN-patrolled buffer zone that cuts across the island.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/16/2024 10:56:12 PM
The United States claimed Thursday that a UN peacekeeping force in the Palestinian territories proposed by the Arab League could compromise Israel's effort to defeat Hamas but stopped short of opposing it.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/16/2024 2:32:00 AM
An unofficial version of the final statement of Thursday's 33rd Arab Summit in Bahrain, obtained by Ahram Online, includes a call from the Arab states to "deploy international protection and peacekeeping forces under the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territory until the two-state solution is implemented."
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/11/2024 12:19:24 PM
Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, warning that the Israeli PM will not "stop the genocide" in Gaza while urging the Security Council to consider establishing peacekeepers in the war-torn territory.
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World
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Africa
2/28/2024 12:56:15 PM
The United Nations kicked off Wednesday the withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to national police, an AFP team saw.
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World
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Region
1/29/2024 5:43:52 PM
Fighting between rival communities in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan has killed 54 people, including two UN peacekeepers, the United Nations said on Monday, calling for calm.
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World
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International
11/21/2023 3:57:28 PM
The presence of United Nations peacekeepers, whose shortcomings can frustrate local populations, is not a "magic wand" for conflict zones, said their leader Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who supports an expanded tool kit to protect civilians in increasingly complex territory.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/16/2023 11:22:33 PM
The United States and European Union are advocating for plans to deploy international peacekeepers in the Gaza Strip following the end of Israel's war on Gaza, according to insiders.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/14/2023 10:13:14 PM
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" over the potential for further escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, as war rages in the Gaza Strip.
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World
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Africa
10/16/2023 9:40:52 PM
The UN stabilization mission in Mali said it began Monday to withdraw from two camps in the Kidal region of the north, where armed actors have been vying for control.
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World
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Africa
10/3/2023 8:06:46 PM
A Malian army convoy was moving closer towards the northern rebel stronghold Kidal on Tuesday, following a resumption of hostilities in the region, military and official sources said.
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World
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Africa
9/22/2023 12:45:43 PM
Attacks in northern Mali have more than doubled since U.N. peacekeepers completed the first phase of their withdrawal last month after a decade of fighting Islamic extremists, resulting in more than 150 deaths.
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World
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Africa
8/28/2023 8:47:24 PM
The second phase of the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from Mali will be very challenging due to a tight calendar and dangerous security conditions, the UN special representative to the country said Monday.
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World
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International
8/19/2023 5:38:08 PM
Turkey's ruling party spokesman on Saturday criticised UN peacekeepers for blocking the construction of a controversial road in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus, calling their attitude "unacceptable" and "extremely wrong".
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World
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International
8/18/2023 1:55:45 PM
Turkish Cypriot forces assaulted UN peacekeepers Friday as they attempted to block the construction of a controversial road in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus, the UN mission on the island said.
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Egypt
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Defence
8/2/2023 5:11:39 PM
Over 460 peacekeepers from the Egyptian combat and convoy escort battalion of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) left the city of Gao, in northern Mali, on Friday.
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World
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Africa
6/24/2023 1:25:34 PM
When Mali recently called for a UN peacekeeping force to depart the country "without delay," it was the latest sign of unease in parts of Africa over the role of the so-called Blue Helmet operations.
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World
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International
6/18/2023 1:48:39 PM
NATO on Sunday underlined the "unwavering" commitment of its KFOR peacekeeping force to its duties in Kosovo as tensions flare with pressure building on Serbia over the detention of three Kosovo police officers.
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