The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire and full humanitarian access in Gaza, arguing it would hinder ongoing…
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Arab foreign ministers condemned Israel on Saturday for blocking their planned visit to the occupied West Bank, where they were set to meet Palestinian President…
An aid operation meant to ease Gaza’s hunger crisis descended into bedlam again Thursday as thousands of starving Palestinians swarmed food distribution sites run by…
Maria Angela Holguin, a newly appointed U.N. envoy for Cyprus, promised Saturday to work hard to ensure concrete progress in measures to build trust between…
Under mounting international pressure, Israel has unveiled a controversial new mechanism that puts the distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza under its direct control –…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday called for increased pressure on Israel to “halt the massacre in Gaza.” Speaking at an Arab League summit…
At least seven people, including two women and two children, were killed after relentless overnight downpours flooded Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, toppling homes, trapping residents, and…
Israeli airstrikes overnight into Saturday killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, including three children and their parents, whose tent was bombed in Gaza City,…
Divided between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus’ fate is still up in the air. The United Nations, which hosted representatives of…
The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reappointed Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar of Colombia as his personal envoy on Cyprus, the world body announced Friday. Holguin,…