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Israelis' lawsuit says UN agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars

Jun. 25, 2024 18:49 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, claiming it has helped finance the militants by paying agency staffers in U.S. dollars and thereby funneling them to money-changers in Gaza...

US military shows reporters pier project in Gaza as it takes another stab at aid delivery

Jun. 25, 2024 18:25 PM EDT

With U.S. soldiers within shouting distance of Gaza's bombed-out coast, the American military is taking another stab at delivering aid to hungry Palestinians by sea. After several fits and starts, a $230 million pier is up and running again. The U.S. military invited reporters for a...

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

Jun. 25, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya landed in the...

The Latest | UN tells Israel it will pause aid work in Gaza without better safety, UN officials say

Jun. 25, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

Senior U.N. officials have told Israel they will suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers from Israeli strikes and to curb growing lawlessness hindering aid efforts, two U.N. officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to...

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety

Jun. 25, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.N. officials have warned Israel that they will suspend the world body's aid operations across Gaza unless Israel acts urgently to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials said Tuesday. The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel...

The Taliban confirm they will attend a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan

Jun. 25, 2024 14:46 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday confirmed their delegation will attend an upcoming U.N.-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after the organizers said last week that women would be excluded from the gathering. The meeting on June 30 and July 1 is the third U.N.-sponsored...

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

Jun. 25, 2024 11:43 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations’ food agency on Tuesday strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses over the weekend in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. A statement released by the World Food Program said the...

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without urgent steps to improve safety, UN officials say

Jun. 25, 2024 11:32 AM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without urgent steps to improve safety, UN officials say.

The first UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenyan-led force prepares to face violent gangs

Jun. 25, 2024 09:34 AM EDT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The first UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenyan-led force prepares to face violent gangs.

US and allies clash with Tehran and Moscow over Iranian nuclear program at UN Security Council

Jun. 25, 2024 00:29 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its key European allies clashed with Iran and Russia over Tehran’s expanding nuclear program, with the U.S. vowing “to use all means necessary to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran” in a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday. The U.S.,...