UN Chief Says Unrealistic To Expect International Military Force To Be Sent To Israel

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that it would be "unrealistic" to send international peacekeeping forces in response to the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank.

2017 becomes deadliest year for UN personnel: union

Seventy-one UN staff and contractors were killed in line of duty in 2017, making it the deadliest year ever for personnel of the world body, said the United Nations Staff Union on Wednesday.

Ukraine: Russia's withdrawal of truce monitors undermines peace deal

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was "outraged" by Russia's withdrawal from the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) in Ukraine's eastern conflict-hit region of Donbas.

Appeals court says Dutch partially liable for Srebrenica deaths

A Dutch appeals court has confirmed that the Netherlands was partly liable for the deaths of about 300 Muslims who were expelled from a Dutch UN base after the surrounding area was overrun by Bosnian Serb troops.