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UN expert condemns Israel’s 'femi-genocide' in Gaza

The New Arab Meets: UN expert Reem Alsalem, who says Israel is using gender-based violence as a genocidal tool against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza

Stefano Nanni
20 August, 2025
An aerial view shows Palestinians walk through the ruins of destroyed buildings in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on February 5, 2025
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UN aid chief urges global powers to prevent genocide in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 May, 2025
A Palestinian man stands on debris inside a damaged bedroom apartment following an overnight Israeli airstrike on a residential area in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 7, 2025
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UN agencies demand urgent ceasefire in Gaza as death toll mounts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 April, 2025
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a speech at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025
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Killing of Gaza medics possible Israeli war crimes: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2025
Students walk past one of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in East Jerusalem, as local media report that police forces raided several UNRWA schools in the city and informed them of a decision to close and evacuate the schools within a week. Jerusalem, February 18, 2025.
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Israeli forces raid UNRWA schools in West Bank, East Jerusalem

Matthew Hoare
19 February, 2025
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Blinken lands in Saudi Arabia for regional trip, Gaza talks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 February, 2024
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54 killed in clashes in area claimed by Sudan, S.Sudan: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 January, 2024
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UN Security Council demands end to Houthis Red Sea attacks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 January, 2024
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Over 80 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia, UN school

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 November, 2023
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Israel ground op in Gaza to cause 'thousands to die': UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2023
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Lebanon: 29,000 displaced due to clashes on Israel border

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2023
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New massacres in Gaza as Israel escalates bombing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2023
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Gaza authorities call for ignoring Israel evacuation order

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 October, 2023
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New Iran hijab law could be 'gender apartheid': UN experts

The New Arab Staff
14 September, 2023
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UN experts urge Israel to release Mohammed El-Halabi

The New Arab Staff
08 September, 2023
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Syria: NGOs express concern over UN-regime crossings deal

The New Arab Staff
09 August, 2023
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura (left) met with Polisario leader Brahim Ghali (centre) in September [Getty]
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UN urges revival of negotiations on disputed Western Sahara

The New Arab Staff
28 October, 2022
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UN urges world action to cut 1.3 million road deaths in half

02 July, 2022
Sudan has seen ongoing protests against military rule [Getty]
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UN envoy: Sudan could face economic and security collapse

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 March, 2022
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UN commends joint Libyan force to secure water system

The New Arab Staff
27 August, 2021
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Taliban imposing 'horrifying' curbs on Afghan women's rights: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 August, 2021