STORY: A crucial vote at the UN Security Council on Monday laid bare the friction between the U.S. and its ally Israel over the war in Gaza. Previously, the United States had vetoed three Security Council resolutions over the fighting in Gaza as Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave. But […]
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the first time it has made such a demand since the war began. Fourteen of 15 countries voted in favor of the ceasefire resolution, which did not make any preconditions such as the release […]
The United Nations Security Council has approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza and called for urgent steps “to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities” after a week of vote delays and intense negotiations to avoid a veto by the United States. Amid global outrage over a rising Gaza […]