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World
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War in Sudan
11/27/2024 1:07:57 PM
The United Nations' World Food Programme said its first food trucks in several months had got through to a famine-stricken camp for displaced people in conflict-ravaged Sudan.
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World
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Region
11/27/2024 1:07:10 PM
In 2006, after a bruising monthlong the Israeli war on Lebanon, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted for a resolution to end the conflict and pave the way for lasting security along the border.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/26/2024 4:20:01 PM
Khaled El-Enany, Egypt’s candidate for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) director-general post, has been chosen as the UN Tourism Ambassador for Cultural Tourism.
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World
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War in Sudan
11/26/2024 12:34:34 PM
The United Nations humanitarian chief raised the alarm on Monday over an "epidemic of sexual violence" against women in war-torn Sudan, saying the world "must do better".
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World
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International
11/25/2024 2:08:30 PM
One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at "alarmingly high levels".
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World
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International
11/23/2024 8:27:06 PM
Splintered and rudderless after developing nations rejected what they called too little money to deal with climate change, United Nations talks dissolved into factions Saturday.
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World
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Region
11/22/2024 4:30:49 PM
A Syria war monitor said on Friday that Israeli strikes on the city of Palmyra this week killed 92 alleged pro-Iran fighters after a United Nations representative said they were likely the deadliest to date.
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World
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Region
11/22/2024 4:11:29 PM
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has emphasized the critical role of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in raising awareness about the risks of climate change.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/20/2024 8:55:14 PM
Egypt's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Osama Abdelkhalek, emphasized Tuesday Cairo's total rejection of Israel's efforts to render the Gaza Strip uninhabitable and forcibly displace Palestinians from their ancestors' lands.
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World
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International
11/20/2024 9:45:41 AM
With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday returned to the puzzle of finding an agreement to bring far more money for vulnerable nations to adapt than wealthier countries have shown they're willing to pay.
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Opinion
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11/19/2024 2:16:50 PM
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been, and continues to be, a lifeline for millions of Palestinian refugees since its establishment on 8 December 1949.
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World
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Africa
11/18/2024 2:10:29 PM
Almost 60 percent of South Sudan's population will be acutely food insecure next year, with more than two million children at risk of malnutrition, data from a United Nations-backed review warned on Monday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/17/2024 8:25:48 PM
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced that West Suhail in Aswan and Abu Ghosoun in the Red Sea won its prestigious Best Rural Tourism Villages award for 2024.
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World
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International
11/17/2024 5:43:53 PM
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially on the main issue of money.
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World
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Region
11/17/2024 3:54:10 PM
Hundreds of cultural professionals, including archaeologists and academics, called on the United Nations to safeguard war-torn Lebanon's heritage in a petition published Sunday ahead of a crucial UNESCO meeting.
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World
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International
11/16/2024 6:27:15 PM
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.
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World
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Region
11/16/2024 1:39:01 PM
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Saturday "categorically" denied The New York Times report on Tehran's ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported.
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World
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International
11/16/2024 1:37:49 PM
The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member UN was “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.”
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World
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Region
11/15/2024 12:34:30 PM
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/14/2024 3:37:04 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed Thursday to Ramtane Lamamra, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, that Egypt’s primary objective in its efforts is to safeguard Sudan’s interests and preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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