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Trucks carrying food, after entering the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing, drive through Khan Younis, February 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 13, 2026, 1:44 pm
UN official says Hamas obstructing Gaza aid: ‘Dangerous pattern of intimidation, violence’
Special coordinator says armed Hamas-linked operatives raided food distribution point and WFP depot, assaulted 2 truck drivers; police scrap charges for Israeli right-wing activist who blocked aid trucks
By AFP, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
L-R: Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya, in an undated screenshot taken from a Democracy Now video posted to YouTube on January 14, 2025. (Democracy Now screenshot/YouTube); A resurfaced photo from 2016 shows Abu Safiya wearing a Hamas uniform alongside other senior officers in the terror group. (Medical services – Gaza Strip)
July 6, 2026, 10:47 pm
UN deems Israel’s detention of Hamas doctor ‘arbitrary’ as health fears mount
Working group says holding Hussam Abu Safiya, a colonel in the terror group and a Gaza hospital director, is a human rights violation, calls for his immediate release
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hand holding AI agents' virtual interface with data analytics, automation, and machine learning icons. (iStock by Getty Images/Suchat longthara)
July 1, 2026, 5:32 pm
UN panel warns unchecked AI development may lead to ‘catastrophic’ harm
Experts say progress on AI ‘outpacing’ scientists’ understanding and government regulation, has potential to cause damage on its own or by malicious users
By Olivia Le Poidevin
Freed hostage Ilana Gritzewsky speaks at a session of the UN Human Rights Council on June 23, 2026. (Screenshot)
June 23, 2026, 8:47 pm
Ex-hostage to UN official who doubted Oct. 7 rape: ‘I am living proof’ of Hamas sexual violence
At rights council, Ilana Gritzewsky addresses UN special rapporteur on violence against women, who falsely claimed no independent probes have found proof of rape during onslaught
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
A building at the United Nations International School in New York is seen in a video published December 16, 2022. (Screen capture: Youtube/United Nations International School)
June 20, 2026, 10:18 am
Swastikas, hate speech reportedly printed in NYC UN-affiliated middle school yearbook
New York’s UN International School, which serves diplomats’ children, says it seized yearbooks and is probing incident, which Israeli parent says is part of a ‘deep-seated problem’
By ToI Staff
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
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