France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says
The announcement sets France apart from the United States and most of its close allies, and could cause friction with President Trump.
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‘Hungry aid staff fainting’ as starvation spreads in Gaza and truce hopes fade
UN agency for Palestinians says ‘entire humanitarian system is collapsing’ as ceasefire negotiations fall apart Middle East crisis – live updatesThe head of the main UN agency serving Palestinians has said his frontline staff are fainting from hunger, …
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick — are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.
Top UN court singles out fossil fuels as part of states’ climate duty
Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitutionStates must tackle fossil fuels, the world’s top court has ruled, and failing to prevent harm to the climate could result in them being ordere…
What to Know About the U.S. Move to Withdraw From UNESCO
The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical rivalry.
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
More than 100 organizations, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, added to growing calls for aid restrictions to be eased and the war to end.
Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockadeGaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World Health Organization has said, as more …
U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says
In a speech on renewable energy, António Guterres cited “clear market distortion” in favor of fossil fuels by President Trump and others but called the transition to cleaner energy economically inevitable.
Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow for UN culture and education agency
White House cites Unesco’s focus on ‘divisive social and cultural causes’ in latest withdrawal from global bodiesThe US will quit the United Nations’ culture and education agency Unesco, the US state department has said, as Donald Trump continues to pu…