The US was one of only 12 states to vote against the resolution aimed at affirming Palestinian refugees’ rights.

General Assembly resolution is seen as a response to Jerusalem banning UNRWA; ambassador to UN writes letter to Security Council assuring agency can be replaced

The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended a long-running peacekeeping mission between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six months and expressed concern that military activities in the area could escalate tensions.

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Thursday to ask the International Court of Justice for an opinion on Israel's obligations to facilitate aid to Palestinians that is delivered by states and international groups including the U.

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Thursday asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to assess Israel's obligations to assist Palestinians, amid accusations the Israeli government systematically hinders Gaza aid.

The Israeli military said its forces shot a protester during a demonstration against the army's activities in a village in southern Syria on Friday, injuring him in the leg.Since Islamist-led rebels toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on December 8 Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Syrian military facilities in what it says is a bid to prevent them from falling into hostile hands.

Out of 96 such humanitarian movements planned for the first half of December, just 16 were facilitated by the Israeli authorities,' says spokesman - Anadolu Ajansı

The U.N. General Assembly voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to support two non-binding resolutions, one that demands that Israel end its war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip and the other allowing the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to continue to operate in the Jewish state.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that there was a "flame of hope" in Syria following the fall of president Bashar al-Assad's regime but warned of significant challenges ahead."The Middle East is being consumed by many fires,

On International Human Solidarity Day, Hamas calls for intensified pressure on the Zionist entity to cease its aggression and terrorism against Gaza, and to strengthen global solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel had killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water, which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. US and Arab mediators were working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas,