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Middle East latest: US vetoes a Gaza cease-fire resolution

Nov. 20, 2024 20:56 PM EST

The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with the Americans saying they the resolution Wednesday was not linked to an immediate release of hostages still held by Hamas. Meanwhile in Lebanon, a cease-fire deal...

US vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza because there's no link to a hostage release

Nov. 20, 2024 14:58 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken captive by Hamas militants in Israel in October 2023. The council...

Middle East latest: US won't halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation

Nov. 12, 2024 22:14 PM EST

Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine. However, the Biden administration said Tuesday it won't limit...

Middle East latest: Israel passes 2 laws restricting UN agency that distributes aid in Gaza

Oct. 29, 2024 03:10 AM EDT

Israeli lawmakers passed two laws Monday that could threaten the work of the main United Nations agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and severing ties with the organization. The laws, which do not immediately go into effect, signal a...

It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, UN report says

Oct. 22, 2024 23:01 PM EDT

United Nations agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns since World War II. Now, more than a year into the war, a new report speaks in terms of centuries....

The world is at a dangerous moment as conflicts spread, UN rights chief says

Oct. 17, 2024 19:04 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief warned Thursday that the world is at an especially dangerous moment in history, with disregard and disrespect for international law “reaching a deafening crescendo.” Volker Türk said conflicts are spreading and intensifying and...

Israel pressured by UN and US to step up action to tackle Gaza's escalating humanitarian crisis

Oct. 16, 2024 23:03 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. humanitarian official accused Israel on Wednesday of blocking the delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza, and the U.S. ambassador demanded that its government step up efforts to tackle the Palestinian territory’s ”intolerable and catastrophic...

Middle East latest: Israeli jets pummel southern Lebanon and Beirut's suburbs

Oct. 16, 2024 14:25 PM EDT

Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people including a city mayor, Lebanese officials said. Hezbollah acting leader Sheikh Naim Kassem declared Tuesday that the Lebanese militant group would ramp up attacks on Israel...

Middle East latest: Hezbollah's acting leader says the group is focused on hurting Israel

Oct. 15, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

Hezbollah’s acting leader declared Tuesday that the Lebanese militant group is focused on “hurting the enemy” by targeting Haifa and other parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv. Sheikh Naim Kassem, Hezbollah’s deputy chief, vowed in a televised speech to “defeat our enemies...

Middle East latest: 22 people killed and 117 wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon says

Oct. 10, 2024 19:34 PM EDT

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip and Beirut on Thursday have left dozens of people dead, Palestinian and Lebanese authorities said. The first strike, on a school sheltering the displaced in the Gaza Strip, killed at least 27 people, including a child and seven women, Palestinian...