SINGAPORE, July 2 — Singapore is prepared in principle to recognise Palestine’s statehood, said Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia is ready to cooperate with Indonesia to send peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip if authorised by the United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 — United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres yesterday named and shamed Israel’s armed and security forces, Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Sudan’s warring parties for killing and maiming children last year, adding them to an annual global list of offenders for violations against children.

SYDNEY, June 11 — New Zealand today said it would send 41 more military personnel to the United Nations mission along the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea, as it looks to step up its role in international missions.

BRUSSELS/LONDON, June 8 — Some of the world's major economies want to finalise a plan ahead of this year's United Nations (UN) climate summit to halt new private sector funding for coal projects, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

NEW YORK, June 8 — United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, said Israel's UN envoy Gilad Erdan, describing the decision as "shameful." Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad...

LONDON, June 7 — The United Nations world food price index rose for a third consecutive month in May, as higher cereals and dairy product prices outweighed drops in prices for sugar and vegetable oils.

WASHINGTON, June 6 — United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said yesterday countries must confront not just the fossil fuel industry, but also companies that support efforts to obstruct climate action.

VIENNA, June 6 — The United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors passed a resolution yesterday calling on Iran to step up cooperation with it and reverse its recent barring of inspectors despite concerns Tehran would respond with atomic escalation.

JABALIA, Gaza Strip, June 3 — Palestinian Umm Mohammed Khrouat says she would rather live in a tent than the school where she is forced to shelter with her five children in northern Gaza, so bad are the conditions after nearly eight months of war.

HAMILTON (Canada), May 23 — Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Riyad Mansour welcomed a decision by Ireland, Norway and Spain on Wednesday to recognise a Palestinian state, reported Anadolu Agency (AA).

UNITED NATIONS, May 17 — Global economic prospects have improved thanks to strong performances in the United States and large emerging economies, although vulnerabilities remain, showed a United Nations report released yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — The United Nations Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, raised concerns about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid an Israeli blockade, leaving civilians with “no aid” for days.

ANKARA, April 27 — The extensive amount of rubble left by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations (UN) official said on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Malaysia has called on all involved parties to exercise restraint and cease provocative acts that could further heighten conflicts in the Middle East region.

NEW YORK, April 25 — Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year, the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened, heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death”, United Nations (UN) agencies warned on Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS, April 20 — Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur,” top UN officials warned the Security Council on Friday.

NEW YORK, April 18 — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Unocha) on Wednesday launched a flash appeal worth US$2.822 billion for the occupied Palestinian territory, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, April 12 — Waterborne diseases are spreading in Gaza due to a lack of clean water and rising temperatures, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Gaza said on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The World Bank and United Nations (UN), with support from the European Union, released a report on Tuesday estimating the damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza at approximately US$18.5 billion.