Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, accompanied by Rwandan forces, advanced on Goma, a regional hub for security and humanitarian ...

The UN refugee agency says 200,000 Syrians have already returned home since the fall of Bashar Assad. But Western sanctions ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into ...

ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (Bernama-AA) -- The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees called on the international community Tuesday to lift sanctions on Syria and help the country rebuild following ...

With Saddam Hussein's government gone, the United States wants the sanctions lifted immediately. It argues the funds should be used for reconstruction and basic needs, without UN control.

Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear ...

US looking for HTS progress on actions, not words Russia blames unilateral sanctions for harming Syrian economy UN warns Israel could jeopardize prospects for political transition UNITED NATIONS ...

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss the escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic ...

The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the ...

UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen was in Damascus for the second time since Assad's ouster for talks with the country's de facto ...

The shift is based on an assessment done by the UN in January, weeks after Assad was ousted by Islamist rebels, bringing an abrupt end to a 13-year civil war that had created one of the biggest refuge ...

Kayikwamba urged the UN body -- the only UN institution with the power to impose binding resolutions on its members -- to "impose targeted sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans" on ...