The proposal, initiated by France and Saudi Arabia, was approved as part of the New York conference held in July. The UN General Assembly approved a resolution advanced by France and Saudi Arabia on Friday,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a ceremony in the West Bank celebrating his government’s expansion of the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.

The United Nations Security Council has condemned Israel's strikes on a residential compound in the Qatari capital Doha, which targeted senior members of Hamas. The statement - which did not directly name Israel - was backed by all 15 Security Council members, including the US, which traditionally blocks actions against its close ally.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned recent strikes on Qatar's capital Doha, but did not mention Israel in the statement agreed to by all 15 members, including Israel's ally the United States.

The U.N. migration agency is appealing for funds for around 134,000 people in Afghanistan who need help nearly two weeks after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in the country’s mountainous east.

The United Nations is growing the capacity of its secretariat headquarters in Kenya — its only facility in Africa and already the biggest worldwide — cementing Nairobi’s position as the international diplomacy capital in the global south.

President Donald Trump's administration plans to call for sharply narrowing the right to asylum at the United Nations later this month, documents show, as it seeks to undo the post-World War Two framework around humanitarian protection.

Officials have said that they sought to undo international asylum rights established after World War II. During and after the Holocaust, the U.S. denied refugees entry to the U.S., including Jewish people and other populations who had survived the Nazi Holocaust.

The United States condemned a U.N. General Assembly resolution supporting the creation of a Palestinian state that passed 142-10, calling it a gift to Hamas.