Nearly half a million Syrians have returned home this year: UNHCR
Most returned to Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Damascus, it said, on the view that security had improved in parts of the country.
Jun 30, 2017, 15:56 PM IST
100,000 civilians behind Islamic State lines in Iraqi city of Mosul
The Old City "is a very dense labyrinth, a maze of narrow alleyways where fighting will have to be done on foot, house by house," said Geddo.
USD 1.4 billion needed to help South Sudanese refugees this year: United Nations
The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war and famine in South Sudan.
May 15, 2017, 15:54 PM IST
At UN, India says it's secular state with no state religion
India on Friday said it is a secular state with no state religion and safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential core of its polity, as it came under criticism from Pakistan over treatment of minorities.
May 05, 2017, 09:21 AM IST
Syrian refugee regional plan remains 91% underfunded: UN
Two UN organisations on Tuesday warned of low funding for their ongoing support operations for Syrian refugees.
Apr 04, 2017, 18:41 PM IST
Over 5 million Syrians have fled homeland
More than five million people have fled Syria`s civil war to neighbouring countries, according to data from the UN refugee agency UNHCR and the government of Turkey.
Mar 31, 2017, 15:56 PM IST
Number of Syrian refugees passes five million: United Nations
The tally of refugees who have fled the war in Syria now exceeds five million, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Mar 30, 2017, 16:13 PM IST
15,000 children flee Iraq's Mosul: United Nations
Some 15,000 children have fled Iraq`s Mosul city over the previous week where fighting between the security forces and the Islamic State (IS) terror group is intensifying, the UN Children`s Fund (Unicef) announced.
Mar 04, 2017, 10:49 AM IST
45,000 displaced by battles around Yemen's Mokha: United Nations
Fighting around Yemen`s port of Mokha has forced some 45,000 people from their homes, a UN official said Wednesday.
Mar 01, 2017, 20:54 PM IST
Gaddafi son's trial unfair, should be sent to ICC: UN
The trial of a son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fell short of international standards and the appeals court should review the sentence of death passed in absentia or order a re-trial, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Feb 21, 2017, 23:59 PM IST
UNHCR, UK appeal to support Lebanon in Syrian refugee crisis
British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi called for urgent international support to Lebanon and Syrian refugees here.
Feb 05, 2017, 11:22 AM IST
UN urges US to continue `long tradition` of welcoming refugees
The United Nations on Saturday urged President Donald Trump to continue his country`s "long tradition" of welcoming refugees and ensure equal treatment for them all regardless of race, nationality or religion.
Jan 28, 2017, 15:16 PM IST
UN alarmed at migrants dying of cold, "dire" situation in Greece
UNHCR spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly cited five deaths so far from cold and said about 1,000 people including children were in unheated tents and dormitories on the Greek island of Samos.
Jan 13, 2017, 18:17 PM IST
Thousands return to ruins of freezing Aleppo: UN official
Thousands of people are starting to return to formerly rebel-held east Aleppo despite freezing weather and destruction "beyond imagination", a top U.N. official told Reuters from the Syrian city.
Jan 04, 2017, 18:43 PM IST
Sixteen Iraqi civilians killed in eastern Mosul in ISIS mortar attack
Iraqi military and hospital officials say mortar rounds fired by Islamic State militants have killed 16 civilians in neighbourhoods already retaken by troops.
Nov 26, 2016, 18:04 PM IST
Myanmar pursuing `ethnic cleansing` of Rohingya: UN official
Up to 30,000 Rohingya Muslims have abandoned their homes in Myanmar to escape the unfolding violence, says the UN.
Nov 25, 2016, 08:29 AM IST
At least 110 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya: UNHCR
At least 110 people are feared drowned off Libya after a migrant shipwreck, the UN`s refugee agency said Thursday, quoting survivor testimony.
Nov 03, 2016, 18:59 PM IST
UNHCR distances itself from 'Afghan Girl' Sharbat Gula
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday distanced itself from Sharbat Gula, Nat Geo's famed 'Afghan Girl' who has been detained by authorities in Pakistan for alleged forgery.
Oct 28, 2016, 01:44 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi understands pain of our people, says Baloch leader
Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the "pain" of the people of Balochistan, the leadership of which has sought India's help for the "first time in 70 years", a prominent Baloch leader said here today.
Oct 01, 2016, 21:05 PM IST
UN opens new centre in Pakistan for safe return of Afghan refugees
The UN on Wednesday inaugurated its second voluntary repatriation centre in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to facilitate safe return of up to 10,000 refugees daily.
Sep 28, 2016, 20:35 PM IST
