Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests precipitated one of the deadliest wars of the century.
FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund for social programmes on Wednesday in collaboration with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
The idea of dedicating a day to promote harmony and peaceful coexistence—a day that fosters diversity, justice, and understanding across borders, cultures, and beliefs—seems promising in theory.
Engaging young people and giving voice to their aspirations has long been a priority for the UN.
Financial contributions to the UN by big and powerful developing countries like China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria and the oil-rich countries of the Middle East must increase so that the developing world has a solid voice.
Nowshan will be joining the first committee meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in late October as a UN Youth Champion for Disarmament of UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.
UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis tells Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus
UNRWA called it the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident.
He cited an opinion released by the UN top court in July that called Israel's occupation illegal and said this situation must be "comprehensively addressed". Israel has rejected the opinion.
A UN panel rules in favour of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after he complained he was "arbitrarily detained", the BBC understands.
A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US.
A huge vulture detained in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel has been returned home after UN peacekeepers intervened, Israeli officials says.
Violent extremism is a direct assault on the United Nations Charter and a grave threat to international peace and security.
Some 400 people in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya need to be urgently evacuated for medical treatment, says UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien.
US President Barack Obama has set his sights on becoming the next Secretary General of the United Nations when he leaves the White House in one year, the US media reported on Sunday.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Hollywood actor and an environmental activist is feeling optimistic now that the debate over climate change has started to wane and world leaders are finally starting to take it more seriously, reports ABC News.
Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.
The killing of minorities by so-called Islamic State should be recognised as genocide, more than 60 parliamentarians say in a letter to the UK PM.
Fierce fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded northern Yemen, as the two main parties in the country's conflict continued to violate a ceasefire agreement and undermine already tenuous peace talks in Switzerland.
