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In reverse of a longtime stance, US says UN Palestinian refugee agency isn’t immune from lawsuits
The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing ...
IDF investigation finds Israeli tank fire responsible for death of UN staffer
Initial findings in an Israel Defense Forces investigation showed Israeli tank fire damaged a United Nations structure in ...
UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show
The U.N. agencies for food and refugees plan deep cuts due to an unprecedented plunge in funding, including from former top ...
Israel acknowledges killing aid worker in strike after initially accusing UN of ‘baseless slander’
The Israeli military acknowledged on Thursday that it was responsible for killing a United Nations aid worker in a strike on ...
Syria’s new foreign minister will appear at the UN in his first US visit
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to ...
US lists demands at UN as Syria seeks sanctions relief
The United States publicly spelled out at the United Nations on Friday the steps it wants Syria to take before Washington ...