The Latest Breaking News from Volker Turk

Volodymyr Zelenskiy insists US and European support for war will continue; Vladimir Putin says Moscow will ‘not give up what is ours’

US president offers his sharpest public criticism of Israel since the start of its war with Hamas.

Has Israel breached international law in Gaza with its military response to Hamas's atrocities? The UN's human rights chief says that both sides have committed war crimes. Volker Turk pointed to Hamas's horrific attacks on October 7, as well as the militant group continuing to hold hostages. But he also…

‘We have fallen off a precipice. This cannot continue’

International pressure expected to redouble at conference in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron

Prime minister rules out general ceasefire as Israel marks a month since Hamas attack

‘This will be my last communication to you,’ top official says in letter addressed to UN’s High Commissioner in Geneva

‘Robots can’t replace senior clerics, but they can be a trusted assistant that can help them issue a fatwa faster’

The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan's people