United Nations
Trump’s first year back in office expanded Israel’s freedom of action - opinion
Beyond Iran and Gaza, US President Donald Trump quietly expanded Israel’s strategic and legal room for maneuver.
Trump's Board of Peace offers Israel a new alternative to the untrustworthy UN - opinion
EU questions Trump’s power in Board of Peace, citing constitutional concerns
My Word: Never forget, never distort - opinion
'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence
The motion's approval extends an independent probe into human rights abuses in Iran and calls for an urgent inquiry into the violent crackdown by authorities on protesters.
How António Guterres turned ‘international law’ into a weapon against Jews - opinion
The question the world must now ask is not about American power, but about Guterres’s abuse of power.
Petitioners ask High Court to freeze anti-UNRWA law as Jerusalem facilities face demolitions
The request was filed ahead of a scheduled High Court hearing on February 2, seeking to suspend the entry into force of amendments to the anti-UNRWA law passed in late December.
Erdogan, Trump discuss Syria, Gaza in call as Syria announces ceasefire with Kurdish forces
Turkey separately weighed whether Erdogan should join the US leader's "Board of Peace" initiative.
Jerusalem requires sovereignity: UNRWA dismantling gives Israel power over the land - editorial
UNRWA’s defenders abroad often describe it as a humanitarian body caught in a political storm. Israel’s view is sharper: the agency became part of the problem.
Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment
Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.
Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says
Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime’s murder of Mahsa Amini.
UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency meeting on Iran to discuss 'alarming violence'
An Iranian official said authorities have verified at least 5,000 deaths in the protests, which are the biggest demonstrations since 2022, prompting UN rights chief Volker Turk to condemn violence.
Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace is concerning for Israeli security - opinion
Israel risks being sidelined as Trump forms a controversial “Board of Peace” with potentially biased members.
Yemen’s fractured power struggle deepens its humanitarian, political crisis - opinion
As Yemen fractures between competing power centers, millions face poverty and hunger.
