Yvonne Murray

in New York

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made the comments in a keynote speech delivered to the John F Kennedy Presidential Library last night in Boston

Childhood in Gaza 'a death sentence' for many - Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has arrived in the United States to begin the usual week of meetings and events ahead of St Patrick's Day.

Ireland • 12 Mar 24

Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Activists call for 'gender apartheid' law in Afghanistan

Rights groups have called for the Taliban's policies restricting rights and movement of women in Afghanistan to be declared a "gender apartheid" under international law.

World • 08 Mar 24

Sudanese families in South Sudan after fleeing the Sudan civil war

Sudan risks becoming 'world's largest hunger crisis' - UN

Sudan risks becoming the "world's largest hunger crisis," the head of the UN's World Food Programme has warned.

World • 06 Mar 24

Displaced Palestinians transport their belongings by horse cart amid the rubble of destroyed homes in Khan Younis

Hunger at 'catastrophic levels' in Gaza - UN

Hunger in Gaza has reached "catastrophic levels" and children are dying of starvation, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory has said.

Middle East • 06 Mar 24

People receive flour distributed by UNRWA in Gaza

UNRWA chief warns of 'concerted campaign' against agency

The head of the UN's Palestinian Refugee Agency, Philippe Lazzarini, has told the UN General Assembly that UNRWA is "facing a deliberate and concerted campaign to undermine its operations, and ultimately end them".

Middle East • 05 Mar 24

The UN's Pramila Patten, centre, presented the findings today (File Photo)

Sexual violence likely occurred during Hamas attack – UN

A UN inquiry team has found "reasonable grounds" to believe that sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred during the 7 October attacks by Hamas and other armed groups in Israel.

Middle East • 04 Mar 24

Addressing a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said there were 'no words to capture, the horrors that are unfolding before our eyes in Gaza'

UN human rights chief says Gaza situation is 'carnage'

The UN's Human Rights chief has described the situation in Gaza as "carnage" and said that war crimes had been committed by all parties in the conflict.

Middle East • 29 Feb 24

The forecourt of a former school turned into a camp for people displaced by rising gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti civilians face 'inhuman' violence - UN

People in Haiti are exposed to "inhuman" levels of violence including extreme sexual violence, according to the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, Ulrika Richardson.

World • 28 Feb 24

Support for Ukraine weakens at UN as anniversary nears

UN member states rallied around Ukraine after Russia's full scale invasion in February 2022, but divisions over Israel's bombardment of Gaza has weakened support for Ukraine at the UN.

Ukraine • 20 Feb 24

Families take to the streets to escape the gangs in Solino, Port-au-Prince 18 January (Pic: Richard Pierrin/ AFP)

UN says gang violence in Haiti is getting worse

Violent gangs continue to terrorise civilians in Haiti as UN plans to deploy a multinational force to the crisis-torn nation face delays.

World • 10 Feb 24