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United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announces that the conflicting parties agree to a new ceasefire and to participate in a UN-led peace process.
2023-12-23

A mass shooting at a school in Kumba, Southwest, Cameroon kills at least six children and wounds eight others in an attack apparently committed by Ambazonian separatist insurgents. The United Nations office reports eight children were killed. A spokesman for the separatist movement expresses "shock and disgust" over the attack.
2020-10-24

Both of Libya's rival governments, the Government of National Accord and Tobruk-based House of Representatives, pull out of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva.
2020-02-24

The United Nations issues a report calling for an end to the nation's state of emergency, claiming it has been used to violate human rights. Turkey responds, calling the report "biased" and "unacceptable".
2018-03-20

A United Nations official accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
2016-11-24

During a routine investigation by the United Nations, over 20 rockets are found hidden in an abandoned school in Gaza operated by UNRWA.
2014-07-17

United Nations observers say the assault on the village of Tremseh targeted army defectors and opposition activists.
2012-07-14

The United Nations describes the ongoing 2010 Pakistan floods as the worst natural disaster in years - worse than the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake - as the number of people affected reaches an estimated 15 million and the waters and landslides continue to swamp the country.
2010-08-9

The United Nations establishes a panel with an Israeli and Turk amongst its members to investigate the Gaza flotilla raid in May.
2010-08-2

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cyprus to begin talks aimed at reuniting the country.
2010-02-1