U.N.

Arabs to present draft on Palestinian state to U.N. Security Council within days

CAIRO: Arab League foreign ministers endorsed on Saturday a draft resolution setting a timeframe for the… Read More

Islamic State commanders liable for mass war crimes: U.N.

NEW YORK: Islamic State commanders are liable for war crimes on a "massive scale" in… Read More

U.N. Syria envoy says Islamic State threat may encourage local truces: BBC

BEIRUT: A common threat posed by Islamic State militants to Syria's warring factions may help… Read More

Thousands likely to be massacred if ISIL takes Kobani: U.N.

GENEVA/MURSITPINAR: Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State… Read More

War may make hundreds of thousands of young Syrians stateless

THE HAGUE: Hundreds of thousands of exiled Syrian children may become stateless because of the… Read More

U.N. says Palestinians, Israelis reach deal on Gaza reconstruction

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a deal to… Read More

Israel, Palestinian militant groups begin 3-day Gaza truce

GAZA/JERUSALEM: A three-day ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip went into effect… Read More

Gaza toll soars as Israel “days” from completing tunnel hunt

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive saying it was days from achieving its… Read More

Carnage at U.N. school as Israel pounds Gaza refugee camp

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a school in Gaza's biggest… Read More

U.N. starts first aid airlifts to Syria from Iraq

The United Nations sent its first delivery of humanitarian aid by air to Syria from… Read More

U.N. evidence on Syria war crimes implicates Assad, Pillay says

United Nations: Evidence collected by U.N. investigators probing Syrian war crimes implicates President Bashar al-Assad, United Nations human… Read More