The city gave a thorough defense of the challenge of overhauling a 27-year-old computerized permitting system with the mayor complaining about criticism he considered unfair.

Donald Trump has insisted he will "not allow Israel to annex the West Bank". It comes as Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. Follow the latest below.

The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of companies from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to ...