United Nations
EU questions Trump’s power in Board of Peace, citing constitutional concerns
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday he would be ready to join US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative for the sake of Gaza but could not accept the plan in its current form.
My Word: Never forget, never distort - opinion
'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence
How António Guterres turned ‘international law’ into a weapon against Jews - opinion
‘More should be done’: UN pushes Syrian regime on justice for Druze, Alawites and minority groups
The UN condemned continued incidents of summary executions, arbitrary killings, abductions, sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, looting and the destruction of homes.
Ceasefire talks aim primarily at halting Israel's hostilities, Lebanon says
He also told a visiting UN Security Council delegation that Lebanon welcomes any country willing to keep forces in the south to support the army after UNIFIL withdraws.
Guterres says Israel’s Gaza conduct ‘fundamentally wrong’
"The objective was to destroy Hamas. Gaza is destroyed, but Hamas is not yet destroyed. So there is something fundamentally wrong with the way this is conducted," Antonio Guterres said.
Jewish, Israeli rights groups urge UN to recognize Hamas’s systematic sexual violence
The organizations warned of what they described as growing efforts from the UN to deny Hamas’s weaponization of sexual violence against the hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, massacre.
Over 300 rabbis, Jewish leaders call for removal of UN official who denied October 7 rapes
The letter’s signatories include several leading rabbis as well as former antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt.
UN torture report flags Israel for allegedly mistreating journalists, detainees, ex-MAG
The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak contained, health officials declare
Congolese health officials declared the Ebola outbreak over after the DRC used a revamped national surveillance system to rapidly contain transmission in Kasai Province.
IDF fears UNIFIL leaked photos, documentation of military movements to Hezbollah - Army Radio
The IDF also discovered an official UNIFIL document which referred to Israel as "the enemy," according to Army Radio.
Gas field in Kurdistan Region of Iraq seeks restart after drone attack
Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field, vital for Kurdistan’s electricity, is preparing to restart production days after a drone attack halted operations, sparking widespread condemnation.
Why deradicalizing Gaza’s youth will be the hardest battle - opinion
“All Jews are sh**...” “I want to be ‘shaheed’ [martyr] next week,” and “Hitler is the best,” reads an exercise book found by the IDF in Gaza during the war.
