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Palestinians accused of collaboration with Israel are seen blindfolded moments before their execution by Hamas gunmen in a Gaza street, September 22, 2025. (Social media)
June 9, 2026, 11:39 pm
Hamas members executed and maimed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, UN report says
Human rights office finds extrajudicial punishments carried out during war include ‘executions, kneecapping, bone-breaking with metal pipes or cement bricks and beatings’; says acts ‘amount to war crime’
By AP
US President Donald Trump in an interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press,' aired on June 7, 2026. (NBC screenshot)
June 7, 2026, 10:52 pm
Trump: US ‘very close’ to deal with Iran, but demanding stricter nuclear terms
US president says he won’t let up on Islamic Republic for even a 1% chance they’d obtain a nuclear weapon, as Washington seeks IAEA resolution demanding information on uranium
By Nava Freiberg, Reuters and ToI Staff
UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese in Cape Town, South Africa, October 28, 2025. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
May 28, 2026, 5:42 am
US reimposes sanctions on anti-Israel UN rapporteur, one week after dropping them
Resumption of measures reverses federal judge’s earlier ruling that said blacklisting of Francesca Albanese likely violated her free-speech rights
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rebeca Grynspan at a press conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, October 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz)
May 26, 2026, 5:33 pm
Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Costa Rican running to head the UN?
Candidate for United Nations secretary-general, who would be first Jew and woman to head the world body, has family in Israel and has led UN office critical of the Jewish state
By Luke Tress
FILE - The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
May 23, 2026, 6:52 am
UN nuclear nonproliferation negotiations fail to yield agreement
Experts say though Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons remains in force, it ‘keeps on becoming less and less anchored in reality’
By AFP
UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/ AFP)
May 21, 2026, 11:39 am
US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Francesca Albanese from sanctions list
A week after federal judge nixed Trump administration’s sanctions on firebrand UN special rapporteur on free speech grounds, she is quietly taken off list of sanctioned individuals
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UN Special Rapporteur in the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/AFP)
May 14, 2026, 12:16 pm
US federal judge blocks Trump’s sanctions against anti-Israel UN envoy Albanese
Judge says measures against Francesca Albanese violate her 1st Amendment rights, after US imposed measures on her last year for ‘political and economic warfare’ against US, Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this drone photo, Palestinians walk in an intersection surrounded by buildings destroyed during two years of Israeli army bombardments in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP)
May 6, 2026, 4:53 pm
Gaza rebuild priced at $71 billion, with most homes and nearly all businesses destroyed
First comprehensive report since ceasefire, compiled by World Bank, UN and EU, finds war caused over $35 billion of direct damage and over $22 billion more of economic losses
By Nurit Yohanan
French contingent vehicles serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) cross the Qasmiyeh Bridge heading toward Sidon and Beirut, on April 19, 2026. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)
April 23, 2026, 5:55 pm
UN might keep presence in south Lebanon once UNIFIL mandate ends, says official
UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix says Beirut is ‘very clear that they would want to keep a UN presence,’ after Security Council voted last year to end peacekeeping force
By Reuters and ToI Staff
French contingent vehicles serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) cross the Qasmiyeh Bridge heading toward Sidon and Beirut, on April 19, 2026. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)
April 22, 2026, 7:02 pm
Second French soldier dies of wounds sustained in Hezbollah attack on UN peacekeepers
Macron says Cpl. Anicet Girardin succumbed to injuries in France after being hit by gunfire in attack on base in south Lebanon last week
By AFP and ToI Staff
Left to right: Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, February 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui); Rafael Grossi in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2026. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP); Michelle Bachelet on March 8, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly); Rebeca Grynspan in San Jose, Costa Rica, October 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz)
April 21, 2026, 4:24 pm
Four contenders for UN secretary-general face live hearings; others may join race
Nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi and Costa Rican ex-president Rebeca Grynspan among those vying to replace Antonio Guterres for five-year term at helm of United Nations
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Locals queue to receive food aid as severe drought continues, in Nalemkais Village, Turkana County, Kenya, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP/Patrick Ngugi)
April 5, 2026, 9:52 am
Aid groups warn Iran war hindering global food and medicine supply, suffering set to deepen
Conflict and Iranian attacks on Strait of Hormuz have cut off vital routes, compounding issues of rising fuel prices, supply chain problems and funding cuts
By AP
US President Donald Trump pauses after delivering a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2026. (Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP)
April 3, 2026, 8:17 pm
Trump: ‘With a little more time’ the US ‘can easily’ reopen Strait of Hormuz
On Truth Social, Trump says US can ‘TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE,’ with bridges, power plants next on target list; report: US quietly expelled Iran’s deputy UN envoy in December
By ToI Staff
A family who fled Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon warm themselves by a bonfire next to tents used as shelters in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
April 3, 2026, 12:57 am
Rights group head warns of ‘alarming’ risk of long-term mass displacement in Lebanon
Claiming crisis ‘far more severe’ than in previous Israel-Hezbollah wars, International Organization for Migration’s Amy Pope says world doesn’t ‘understand the scale’ of problem
By Lisa Golden
A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 23, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
March 31, 2026, 10:17 pm
UN probe shows roadside blast killed 2 UNIFIL troops; IDF: Hezbollah planted bombs
UN security source says 3rd Indonesian peacekeeper killed this week was hit by Israeli tank fire, says debris from shell found nearby; IDF investigating both incidents
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
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