A heated debate was sparked after the United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that 14,000 babies in Gaza would die within 48 hours unless aid reached them.

A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral,

The mishap is a major setback to the North Korean leader’s dream of modernizing his country’s outdated naval fleet.

Tom Fletcher tells the BBC five aid trucks allowed into Gaza yesterday have not yet reached people on the ground.

The top U.N. official for Syria is warning of the “real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation” in the war-battered country.

The United Nations has retracted a claim made by one of its officials that 14,000 Gazan babies would die if they don’t receive the aid within 48 hours. The body said that while the figure is correct,

The official reiterated that Hamas seeks a comprehensive package deal that includes the release of all hostages held in Gaza in exchange for an agreed number of Palestinian prisoners, a permanent ceasefire, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the entry of humanitarian aid.

The United Nations human rights office in Colombia says that five Indigenous groups in northern Colombia’s storied mountain range face “physical and cultural” extinction.