Politics

Photo:A young girl collects water for use at their home in Bakassi IDP camp, in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria.

Photo:A Syrian family is successfully interviewed by Canadian officials through the help of an International Organization for Migration (IOM) interpreter at a resettlement programme carried out in Jordan.

Photo: A street scene in Kabul, Afghanistan.

24 July 2017
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned today's bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, warning that attacks on civilians may constitute a war crime.

Photo:Australia will relocate refugees currently being held at this social centre on the Pacific island of Nauru to Cambodia.

24 July 2017
With Liberian officials responsible for security in the country, the United Nations Security Council today encouraged the Government to put in place an election security plan for the October polls.

Photo:Relatives of victims of human trafficking wait for the sentence after an army general, two provincial politicians and police officers were among the 46 people held guilty in a court in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2017.

Photo:A road sign is seen near Abu Samra border crossing to Saudi Arabia, Qatar June 12, 2017.

July 21, 2017
“The Gulf is one country. My aunt is in Riyadh, my uncle is in the UAE, my children are from Bahrain.” —Dr. Wafa al-Yazeedi, Doha, June 19.

Photo:The Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem.

22 July 2017

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned yesterday evening's stabbing attack by a Palestinian perpetrator, which resulted in the death of three members of an Israeli family in the Halamish settlement in the occupied West Bank.

21 July 2017

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today expressed concern about the situation in the Old City of Jerusalem, which has been the scene of escalating violence in recent days.