U.K. Backsliding on Civil and Political Protections, U.N. Rights Body Says
An influential United Nations human rights body delivered a scathing assessment Thursday on the protection of civil rights in Britain, ...
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U.N. Security Council Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza as U.S. Abstains
The United Nations Security Council on Monday passed a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip during ...
Congress Seeks to Bar Funding for U.N. Agency for Palestinians
The United States would cut off funding for the main U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinians in Gaza under ...
U.N. Documents More Than Two Dozen Attacks on Gazans Waiting for Aid Since January
The United Nations human rights office has documented more than two dozen attacks on Gazans waiting for desperately needed aid ...
Sweden and Canada resume funding the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians
The U.S. airdrops humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Mahmoud Essa/AP hide caption toggle caption ...
North Carolina ‘Forever Chemical’ Plant Violates Human Rights, U.N. Panel Says
The dumping of contaminated wastewater by a chemical plant on the Cape Fear River began more than four decades ago, ...
Atrocities Mount in Sudan as War Spirals, U.N. Says
Bombs that struck houses, markets and bus stations across Sudan, often killing dozens of civilians at once. Ethnic rampages, accompanied ...
In Extraordinary Move, Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency
A United Nations agency that monitors and defends human rights was ordered on Thursday to leave Venezuela by the government ...
Israeli military operation in Rafah ‘cannot proceed,’ U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters. Michael M. Santiago/Getty ...
U.N. Shelter in Besieged Gaza City Is Struck, and at Least 9 Die
Israeli forces pushed deeper into southern Gaza’s largest city on Wednesday, surrounding two major hospitals where thousands of people were ...