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Australia likely to support UN vote on status of Palestine after resolution was watered down
General assembly resolution is most highly anticipated UN vote for Australia since it supported an immediate...
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Unrwa Jerusalem HQ closed after ‘Israeli extremist’ arson attack
Agency chief says compound has suffered a number of attacks with the lives of UN staff...
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Australian government weighs supporting Palestine to become full UN member as draft resolution revealed
Exclusive: Intense negotiations under way as Penny Wong backs two-state solution after meeting Germany’s Annalena BaerbockFollow...
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Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors
Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian...
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Hamas ‘reviewing Israel’s latest Gaza ceasefire proposal’
Islamist group release new video apparently showing two hostages as UN warns famine thresholds will be...
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At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast of Djibouti
Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of...
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UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals
Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and strippedThe UN...
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Israel still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done
Inquiry has not backed up allegations of ties to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which led to...
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Israel has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says
Exclusive: review finds government yet to substantiate claims UN relief agency staff have ties to Hamas...
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UK unlikely to make snap decision over Unrwa funding
Tory MPs urging government not to restore funding despite UN’s roadmap, published on Monday, to make...
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US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership
Washington blocks security council resolution supported by 12 member countries, with two abstentions including UKThe US...
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UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians
UN human rights office expresses concern over escalating violence after deaths near Nablus over weekendThe UN...
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Mexico calls on UN to expel Ecuador over embassy raid as tensions soar
Ecuadorian police forced their way inside embassy in Quito to arrest former vice-president who was seeking...
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‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the Gambia not to decriminalise FGM
Repealing ban would mean return of ‘one of the most pernicious forms of violence committed against...
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UN chief joins condemnation of Ecuadorian raid on Mexican embassy
António Guterres voices ‘alarm’ as Latin American governments sharply criticise Quito’s move to arrest former vice-presidentThe...
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UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chief
German’s appointment to head Convention on Biological Diversity follows global failure to meet any targets on...
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Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency
Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be...
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Russia criticised for using veto to end UN monitoring of North Korea sanctions
Ukraine’s foreign minister calls veto ‘guilty plea’ amid claims Pyongyang is aiding Moscow’s war against KyivRussia...
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Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents show
Exclusive: Dfat official said there was ‘precious nothing in the public domain’ on claims against aid...
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Israel isolated as UN security council demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Israeli PM cancels White House visit by two ministers and says US ‘abandoned its policy in...
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UN rights expert report to call for Israel arms embargo over ‘acts of genocide’
Special rapporteur will tell human rights council Israel’s actions ‘reveal an intent to physically destroy Palestinians...
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The security council vote is a significant moment – but the US says its Gaza policy is unchanged
Washington’s decision not to use its veto is an acknowledgement of its failure to lead the...
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Medical crisis in Gaza hospitals at ‘unimaginable’ level, aid agencies say
Visiting medical team reported untreated open wounds, shortage of supplies to pin fractures and lack of...
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Israel will no longer approve Unrwa food aid to northern Gaza, agency says
Head of agency says military authorities told UN that convoys will no longer be approved amid...