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UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel
The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the US angering Israel by abstaining from...
Forced Rafah population transfer would be a ‘war crime’, Macron warns Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of...
European Union, UN criticise new Hong Kong security law
The European Union and the United Nations said Hong Kong's new national security bill was deeply worrying and could erode fundamental freedoms in the...
China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a ‘no-first-use’ treaty
China's foreign ministry's arms control department said that states with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against...
UN says aid for Gaza is ‘completely dependent’ on UNRWA
The United Nations humanitarian chief warned of catastrophe if countries don’t resume funding for the main relief agency in the Gaza Strip, after assistance...
New UN weather chief calls to bolster warning systems for extreme weather
The new head of the United Nations weather agency said Tuesday that strengthening early warning systems that monitor when and where extreme weather will...
UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator
The Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, Sigrid Kaag was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the...
UN Security Council adopts resolution for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza
The UN Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip,” marking the first...
UN rights chief urges probe over Israel’s Gaza bombardment
The U.N. human rights chief on Friday urged an investigation into what he called Israel's use of “high-impact explosive weapons" in Gaza, which he...
At UN, Iran warns US will ‘not be spared’ if war in Gaza continues
Iran's Foreign Minster Hossein Amirabdollahian warned at the United Nations on Thursday that if Israel's retaliation against Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip...