A cease-fire announced Wednesday will end the 15-month war between Hamas and Israel and includes the eventual release of all ...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza ...

At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

UNICEF has warned that hundreds of children in Syria continue to suffer the brutal impact of unexploded ordnance ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity had unleashed a "Pandora's box of ills," including "out of control technology" that risks upending "our very ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...

Israeli airstrikes on homes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, health officials said Tuesday. Earlier strikes ...