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UN rejects accusations against kidnapped personnel

The UN's human rights chief Volker Türk demands that the Houthi movement "immediately and unconditionally" releases UN personnel and other aid workers being held captive. On Monday, the Iran-backed movement claimed to have caught a "spy network", after aid workers, including eleven UN staff, were kidnapped last week.

UN rejects accusations against kidnapped personnel

UN Chief: "Unbelievable" number of dead on the West Bank

An "unbelievable" number. So says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, about the over 500 Palestinians who have been killed on the West Bank since the Gaza War broke out.

UN Chief: "Unbelievable" number of dead on the West Bank