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Antonio Guterres, right, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on April 13, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
April 14, 2018, 12:31 am
UN chief says Mideast ‘chaos’ threatens global peace
Guterres, at Security Council, says Syria 'represents most serious threat'; issues apparent criticism of Israel for 'many needless deaths and injuries' in Gaza riots
By Agencies and TOI staff
A UN Security Council emergency meeting breaks up on April 13, 2018 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
April 13, 2018, 9:34 pm
UN chief warns against war as world probes Syria gas attack
Nikki Haley says 'at one point, you have to do something,' Russia accuses the UK of staging chemical attack
By Carole LANDRY
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference in Addis Ababa on January 28, 2018. (AFP/ SIMON MAINA)
April 12, 2018, 5:36 am
UN chief says Security Council must prevent Syria ‘spiraling out of control’
Amid war of words between Washington and Moscow, Antonio Guterres tells ambassadors to focus on 'ending the terrible suffering of the Syrian people'
By Agencies and TOI staff
Palestinian protestors burn tires during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Gaza-Israel border, east of Gaza City on April 6, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
April 7, 2018, 6:11 pm
EU says Gaza deaths ‘raise serious questions about Israel’s use of force’
After 9 killed in Friday protests, union says violence by both sides must be addressed, calls for 'utmost restraint'; France condemns Israel's 'indiscriminate fire'
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative: US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley voting against a Security Council resolution on Jerusalem on December 18, 2017. (Eskinder Debebe/UN)
April 7, 2018, 3:32 am
US blocks Arab-led UN call for independent probe of Gaza protests
For second week, Washington the lone member of 15-member Security Council to reject statement condemning Israeli response to 'March for Return' violence
By TOI staff and Agencies
A UN Security Council meeting on February 26, 2018. (Eskinder Debebe/UN)
April 6, 2018, 11:58 pm
Kuwait floats Security Council statement urging probe of Gaza violence
Washington once again said seeking to block measure condemning Israeli actions as 'a violation of international law'; Palestinian UN envoy says IDF 'massacred' 9 civilians
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinians collect tires and burn them at the Israel-Gaza border during a protest east of Gaza City, on April 6, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
April 6, 2018, 1:40 pm
9 Gazans said killed as IDF says it thwarts multiple attempts to breach border
Army: Hamas using protesters as diversion as it tries to open up fence, send terrorists into Israel; 20,000 at 2nd March of Return; rioters burn tires, throw stones and firebombs
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian protesters hold posters bearing images of Israeli politicians and the US president during clashes with Israeli security forces following a protest along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City on April 5, 2018 ( AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
April 6, 2018, 9:12 am
Palestinian injured in Gaza clashes dies of wounds ahead of fresh protests
US calls on Palestinians to stay away from the border during new round of demonstrations planned for later Friday
By AFP and TOI staff
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 6, 2018, 2:40 am
US slams Gaza leaders who send children to border, ‘knowing they may be killed’
Ahead of Friday protests, Mideast envoy Greenblatt urges Palestinians to stay 500 meters from fence, rally peacefully; UN warns Israel to exercise 'extreme caution'
By TOI staff and AFP
Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
April 5, 2018, 11:57 pm
Arabs ask UN chief to launch investigation of Gaza killings
Palestinian UN Ambassador says Guterres's response 'positive,' parties debating between an independent investigation and a fact-finding mission
By AP
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting in Cairo on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
April 4, 2018, 7:47 pm
Arab League wants ICC to probe IDF shootings of Gaza protesters
Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Palestinians are demanding their rights and 'will not be forgotten or diminished'
By AP and TOI staff
A member of the Hezbollah terror group holds Lebanese and Hezbollah flags during a press tour near the border town of Arsal on July 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
March 21, 2018, 3:58 am
UN gives strong backing to Lebanon’s political independence
Agency chief warns 'threatening rhetoric' between Israel, Hezbollah could lead to conflict, calls on terror group to end meddling in Syrian war
By Edith M. Lederer
In this Saturday, May 9, 2015 file photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue, File)
March 16, 2018, 6:56 pm
UN chief demands end to Hezbollah meddling in Syria
Antonio Guterres says terror group's weapons limit Lebanese government's ability to exercise 'full sovereignty and authority over its territory'
By AFP and TOI staff
FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Director General Graziano Da Silva, left, shakes hands with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as he arrives to attend a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
March 15, 2018, 4:57 pm
UN gets $100m in new funds for Palestinian aid after US cuts
UNRWA still faces $350 million shortfall to provide services for estimated 5 million refugees and their descendants
By Nicole Winfield and TOI staff
A Palestinian woman sits with a child after receiving food supplies from the United Nations' offices at the United Nations' offices in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, February 11, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)
March 14, 2018, 9:31 pm
UN seeks $540 million for Palestinian aid, mostly for Gaza
Half suggested sum said to be for supporting emergency projects by UNRWA, the main agency for Palestinian refugees, after its funding was slashed by Washington
By Joe Dyke
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