The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Orly Goldschmidt insisted medical supplies could not be allowed into Gaza in case Hamas uses them against Israel.

Previous incursions have caused thousands of civilian casualties. This time could be worse, Richard Hall writes

More than 1,000 officers have been deployed by the Metropolitan Police for the march.

The Scottish Government has pledged £500,000 in humanitarian funding to the relief effort in Gaza...

A set of delicate and unwritten rules of engagement has ensured no major conflict between Israel and Hezbollah since 2006. But those rules are now being tested, Richard Hall writes.

South Sudan is struggling to cope with the increasing flow of refugees pouring from neighbouring Sudan, where a six-month conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Visiting the country this week to assess the situation, three French MPs met with President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Military has might on its side but Hamas is prepared and the humanitarian fallout could prove costly

The United Nations says it will repatriate nine peacekeepers from a South African contingent in eastern Congo who were accused of sexual assault and other abuse

‘They shoot, using everything they have’

Vassily Nebenzia says UN Security Council should restart peace talks with ‘view to establishing a Palestinian state.

Israel accuses Iran of trying to open ‘second war front’ by deploying arms via Syria as thousands of Palestinians flee north Gaza