United Nations Headline

UN probe finds Iran committed crimes against humanity in crackdown, cites US and Israel for strikes

The mission concluded that the suppression “went beyond a simple continuation of familiar patterns and represented a marked escalation in the use of lethal force and mass arrests.”

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (3rd L) delivers his speech during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026.
The United Nations brings together 193 member states, but its treatment of Israel has long fueled accusations of institutional bias and demands reform.

Uniting nations? Inside the global body Israel can no longer trust - from the editor

As world leaders return to New York, the United Nations faces renewed scrutiny over its treatment of Israel and its global role

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a press conference following a meeting with Egyptian delegations to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Cairo. April 25, 2024.

'Shameful concentration camp': Albanese renews accusations of Israeli genocide in Gaza

The IDF estimated some 20 terrorists were killed on a strike on a Hamas HQ embedded in a Gazan school, while Palestinian reports claimed over 100 Palestinians were killed.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
MK Danny Danon at the annual IPU conferance

Danon to replace Erdan as Israel’s UN Ambassador

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Israel Katz both announced Danon’s return to the UN, where he previously served as the country’s ambassador from 2015 to 2020.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli offensive in Gaza's Rafah 'cannot be allowed to happen' - UN

Netanyahu referred to Rafah as "the last Hamas stronghold."

MARCH 8, 2024ByREUTERS
Palestinians arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis due to the Israeli ground operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2024.