Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein of Jordan will replace Navi Pillay of South Africa, whose term lasts until the end of August, as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights. Prince Zeid […]
Prince Zeid of Jordan appointed the new UN human rights chief
Will a spiritual approach bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians?
Pope Francis hosted joint prayers at the Vatican with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, on June 8 as he promised during his pilgrimage to the Middle East last […]
Looming drought adds as the latest threat to people in Syria
Lowest rainfall in over 50 years in Syria will worsen the country’s already fragile food security situation, and it will place more than 4 million children in the war-torn country at even greater […]
Pope Francis brings Israeli and Palestinian leaders to meet on peace
Just weeks after the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians collapsed once again, Pope Francis went on a three-day visit to the Middle East, including Jordan, the West Bank and Israel. […]
More aid for South Sudan as the country is facing one of the worst crisis in recent history
The international donor community gathered in Oslo early this week for the Conference on South Sudan, marking the second time this year donor nations are being asked to pledge more aid to […]
Nearly three billion Internet users globally by the end of 2014
The importance of new information and communications technologies (ICT) in development has long been emphasized, as they are changing the way companies do business, are democratizing innovation and help transforming public service […]
A record 33.3 million people are now displaced by war worldwide
As Palestinians commemorated the Al Nakba a day ago – which marks the beginning of one the largest refugee crises in the world -, a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring […]