The West Bank is a largely Palestinian territory, but hundreds of thousands of Israelis have built settlements there, which a United Nations court in 2024 said was illegal. The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Israel for the settlements, but the Trump administration rescinded them in January.

The US hit three nuclear sites in Iran overnight - but it remains unclear whether the strikes did destroy all of Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Nearly 800 killed near Gaza food distribution sites and aid convoys since late May, says UN - More than 600 of these deaths were recorded near the Israel-backed GHF aid distribution site

The UN human rights office has said it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups.

A changing world accommodated a changing UN. In a different world of land-line telephones, radios and propeller planes, the U.N. Charter was signed by just 50 nations — mainly from Latin America ...

Israel strikes Iran's nuclear facilities, but an expert cautions that the heavily protected Fordow site remains a dangerous threat that only U.S. military capabilities can neutralize.

Fighting between Iran and Israel has continued while the talks in Geneva have been taking place, as the UK says it will withdraw staff from its embassy in Tehran.