WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named former Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag as the new U.N. Middle East envoy, a U.N. spokesperson said. Kaag will also continue in her current role as the U.N. senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, said deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel.

The United Nations says it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza after a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so it can reach all those in need.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the priority now "must be to ease the tremendous suffering" caused by the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas,

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into exile.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Friday urged an end to Israel's "continued occupation" and "military operations" in south Lebanon, after a November ceasefire to end fighting between Israel and militant group Hezbollah.

The conflict in Sudan is becoming increasingly lethal for the civilian population, UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk said in Geneva on Friday. Türk pointed to reports that dozens had been killed in ethnically targeted attacks in the south-eastern state of al-Jazirah and to an imminent battle for control of Khartoum.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck slams Joy Behar for calling Carrie Underwood "un-American" for agreeing to perform at President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador, Rep Elise Stefanik, R-NY., has the ability to make a big change at the world body if she takes a serious look at US funding to the world body.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity had unleashed a "Pandora's box of ills," including "out of control technology" that risks upending "our very existence.

More than 230,000 people have fled surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday, labelling it one of the world's "most alarming" humanitarian crises.

The United Nations says it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza after a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so