Sources: BBC
At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah. 2024-07-17
Israel recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara. 2023-07-17
The Ethiopian foreign ministry announces that it will expel seven senior United Nations humanitarian officials working in Ethiopia and declare them as "persona non grata" for "meddling" in the country's internal affairs. 2021-09-30
In escalating tensions, Algerian foreign ministry official Amar Belani says that Algeria "may escalate its dispute" with Morocco, adding that the "adoption of additional measures cannot be ruled out". Both countries suspended diplomatic relations in August 2020 and have had strained relations due to Algeria's support for the Polisario Front in Western Sahara and alleged Moroccan support for the MAK, a Berber separatist group in Algeria. 2021-09-24
The United Nations places sanctions on a North Korean ship for conducting fuel transfers in breach of UN sanctions. 2018-04-3
For the first time in 25 years, the United States abstains in a United Nations vote calling for an end to its Cuban economic embargo. 2016-10-26
The head of a United Nations war crimes tribunal states that it is investigating 14 alleged instances of chemical weapons attacks. 2013-09-17
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights claims the Congo government troops raped 121 women between June 11 and 13 then pillaged their villages. 2011-07-1
France rejects criticism from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination over its Romani removal strategy. 2010-08-27
A leaked United Nations report states that North Korea is exporting nuclear technology to Burma, Iran and Syria. 2010-05-28