New York : The targeting of the Hema community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with violence, including killings and rape, may amount to crimes against humanity, said the UN ...

Peshawar/JEN: Days after a mob attacked the iconic Sikh shrine Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan's Punjab province, a youth from the same minority community was killed in the country ...

New York : Amidst concern for the safety and protection of more than three million civilians in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave, the UN’s most senior humanitarian and politica ...

New York : The abducted four-year-old son of a UN migration agency worker who was killed in South Sudan in October has been released and reunited with his father during an emotional reuni ...

Washington:  The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday condemned the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan which asked the fed ...

New York : Only an end to the war in Syria can bring safety to children there, the head of the UN child rights agency said on Thursday.

Moscow/Sputnik: Hong Kong protesters vented their anger at the HSBC banking group on Wednesday as they vandalized its headquarters, offices and cash machines across the city in a new wave ...

Moscow/Sputnik: Over 1,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Re ...

New York: 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.