
Israel denies genocide charges over Gaza offensive at U.N.'s top court
ICJ justices heard arguments from South Africa calling on Israel to immediately withdraw its army from Gaza.
Founded at the end of World War II, the New York-based United Nations is an international organization with 193 member nations. It began with 50 nations meeting at San Francisco in 1945 to maintain international peace and security. Over two months, the U.N. Charter was created as the basis for the organization's hope of preventing another world war. Founding members Britain, China, France, the Soviet Union and the United States took permanent veto-wielding seats on the powerful Security Council.
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ICJ justices heard arguments from South Africa calling on Israel to immediately withdraw its army from Gaza.
Food and fuel stocks will run out within days, WFP officials said, and "the threat of famine in Gaza never loomed larger.”
Both sides called the talks 'constructive' despite tensions and different approaches to calls for global AI governance.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
The U.N. body also demands Israel be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
The ruling orders Israel to allow aid trucks loaded with food and supplies to enter Gaza unhindered "without delay."
The spending bill also has other 'key pro-Israel provisions' aimed at the U.N. and other international organizations.
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The U.N. Security Council demanded an immediate end to fighting in Sudan during Ramadan, which begins Sunday.
Humanitarian groups demanded a probe into an 'apparent mass killing' at an aid drop where Israel blamed a stampede.
The International Court of Justice heard testimony on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories.
Non-veto wielding nations have tried for years to reform the U.N.'s post-World War II power structure with little success.
The summit is focused on Europe's uncertain security, clouded by Russia's threat and America's political turmoil.
The UNRWA funding crisis, following Israeli allegations, threatens basic aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.