Politics

Fewer than 30 doctors left in war-torn Aleppo, UN health agency warns

Photo: UNICEF representative in Syria Hanaa Singer (left) visits UNICEF health, water and sanitation partners at the Aleppo University Hospital on 29 September 2016.

Amid political jockeying and grandstanding, ‘Syria is bleeding,’ UN aid chief tells Security Council

Photo: Children ouside their tent in the western part of Aleppo city, Syria.

‘No words left’ to describe suffering of children in Aleppo –UNICEF

Photo:In western Aleppo City, Syria, children displaced from the al-Hamadaniyah neighbourhood stay at the Al-Shafii shelter, a mosque converted to a shelter.

FBI 2015 Crime Statistics: Increase in Violent Crime, Decrease in Property Crime

September 26, 2016

Syria: Joint UN-Red Crescent relief convoy reaches besieged cities for first time in five months

Photo:WFP sent 45 trucks carrying food rations and wheat flour to four towns in Syria as part of a joint UN-SARC convoy.

World leaders spotlight 2030 Agenda, climate action at UN General Assembly’s annual debate

26 September 2016

On International Day, UN renews call for global elimination of nuclear weapons

Photo:Sculpture depicting St. George slaying the dragon. The dragon is created from fragments of Soviet SS-20 and United States Pershing nuclear missiles.

At Security Council, UN envoy appeals for Russia and US cooperation to pull Syria 'away from the brink'

25 September 2016

As Gabon high court upholds results in presidential poll, Ban says UN will support democratic process

25 September 2016

Meeting in the Maltese capital of Valetta, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank approved more than EUR 7.3 billion of new loans for investment in strategic infrastructure, the environmental and knowledge economy as well as private sector

23 September 2016