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The United Nations Security Council held its first straw poll on July 30, 2026, to evaluate candidates seeking to become the next secretary-general. The vote marked the beginning of the Council's internal assessment of the candidates before it makes a forma...

Human Rights Watch and other international observers have reported that the Israeli military used white phosphorus munitions in populated areas of southern Lebanon during the ongoing conflict. The use of the incendiary chemical has raised serious concerns a...

Emails released by the United States Department of Justice indicate that Israeli government security officials were involved in installing and maintaining a security system at an apartment associated with Jeffrey Epstein at 301 East 66th Street in Manhattan...

There is no real pause button for civilians in the West Bank and Gaza. The restrictions do not switch off at night. The fear does not fade with sunrise. Checkpoints, roadblocks, military patrols, surveillance towers, and a complex permit system shape nearly...

Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza have lived under Israeli military occupation for decades, facing severe restrictions on movement, access to healthcare, education, and basic resources. Military checkpoints, permit requirements, and the blocka...

Over 25,000 tonnes of explosives dropped on Gaza since October 7 Since October 7, 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have conducted air and artillery strikes on the Gaza Strip, deploying over 25,000 tonnes of explosives according to estimates ...

Head of Sweden’s UNHCR fundraising agency Joanna Rubinstein resigns after Epstein file revelations On February 7, 2026, Joanna Rubinstein stepped down from her role as chair of Sweden for UNHCR, a fundraising affiliate of the United Nations Refug...

Israel expands buffer zone operations along Lebanon border In mid-February 2026, the Israel Defense Forces announced an expansion of buffer zone operations along sections of the Israel-Lebanon border following repeated cross-border incidents. The...

Massacre in Nigerian Kwara State After Militant Attack On February 5, 2026, Nigerian authorities and humanitarian organisations reported that at least 162 people were killed in coordinated attacks on the villages of Woro and Nuku in Kwara State, ...

Israeli aircraft disperse unidentified substances over southern Lebanon Israeli aircraft disperse unidentified substances over southern Lebanon Between 1 and 3 February 2026, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNI...

Geopolitical Fragmentation Reshapes Global Financial Flows and Investment Patterns Recent analyses from international organisations and economic researchers indicate that global financial flows and investment patterns are increasingly aligning wi...

On January 28, 2026, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that a massive drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, killed and injured several civilians and damaged residential buildings and energy infrastructure, leaving mor...

On January 24, 2026, multiple news sources reported that Israeli settlers allegedly beat three residents, including a 70‑year‑old man, on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank amid ongoing tensions. Additional reports from humanitarian and right...

On January 23, 2026, data from the Gaza Health Ministry and United Nations updates indicated continued Palestinian fatalities in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing hostilities and ceasefire violations. According to a United Nations humanitarian situation update,...

Board of Peace for Gaza Date: Ongoing as of January 2026 Description: The Board of Peace is a U.S.-led international body announced by President Donald Trump to oversee governance, reconstruction, and security in the Gaza Strip following the 2023–202...

U.S. Forces Detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro During Operation in Caracas On January 3, 2026, U.S. military forces conducted an operation in Caracas that resulted in the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. ...

During the night of December 4–5, 2025, Israeli settlers again targeted the Christian village of Taybeh. Residents reported that cars were set on fire and at least one building was vandalized with threatening graffiti. The attacks occurred shortly after the...

Netanyahu Meets Trump in Washington Following United Nations Session Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on September 29, 2025, following his participation in the United Nations General Assembly sess...

Recognition of Palestine as a Sovereign State The State of Palestine was proclaimed by the Palestine Liberation Organization on 15 November 1988. The State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by a majority of United Nations member sta...

On July 9, 2025, the United States government announced sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and Gaza. The sanctions designation,...

The United Nations Secretary-General’s annual report on conflict-related sexual violence included Israel in its annex listing parties identified as having credible information indicating responsibility for sexual violence in armed conflict contexts. Acco...

Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, stated that he had shared a fabricated account related to the October 7, 2023 events. The statement was made on August 29, 2024, in a post on the social media platform X, where he acknowledged that a widely c...

Report Says Up to 21,000 Children Missing or Separated From Families in Gaza A new report warned that the number of children missing or separated from their families in the Gaza Strip may be as high as 21,000 amid ongoing hostilities. The figures...

Nikki Haley writes “Finish Them” on Israeli artillery shell during Israel visit On May 28, 2024, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley visited Israel and wrote a message on an Israeli artil...

In early March 2024, several synagogues in the United States and Canada hosted real estate events where properties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem — areas internationally considered occupied Palestinian territory — were marketed for sale to prospective ...

Palestinian Holocaust The term “Palestinian Holocaust” has been used by activists and commentators to describe the cumulative impact of displacement, warfare, and territorial loss experienced by Palestinians since the early 20th century. In 1948, approxima...

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, issued remarks on October 20, 2023, in connection with document A/78/545 of the United Nations General Assembly. The document addressed...

On May 11, 2022, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli raid in Jenin, West Bank. She was wearing a clearly marked press vest and helmet. Witnesses, colleagues, and video evidence indi...

Russia launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced what he called a special military operation shortly before Russian forces entered Ukrainian territory and missile and air strikes wer...

U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul That Killed Civilians Including Children On 29 August 2021, a drone strike conducted by the United States Central Command in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed ten civilians, including seven children. The strike occurred in a r...

Time magazine named Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as its Person of the Year on December 11, 2019. She was recognized for her global environmental activism and influence on climate policy discussions. Thunberg began her activism in 2018 by organizi...

Peter John Dalglish, a Canadian humanitarian worker and former United Nations official, was arrested by Nepal police on April 8, 2018, on charges of child sexual abuse and pedophilia. He was detained in the Kavrepalanchowk district north of Kathmandu after ...

Yazidi Genocide On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an हमला on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, targeting the Yazidi minority. ISIS forces captured towns and villages, accusing the Yazidis of religious deviation and de...

On 22 July 2011, during the Libyan Civil War, NATO aircraft struck a facility in Brega that manufactured large-diameter pipes used in Libya's Great Man-Made River water system. The facility was part of infrastructure supporting the country's major groundwat...

An Israeli airstrike on July 30, 2006, struck a residential building in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of multiple civilians. The strike occurred during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in what became known ...

Palestinian children are regularly arrested and detained by Israeli authorities, primarily for security-related offenses, but there is no separate prison exclusively for them. They are held in military detention centers or Israeli prisons, often alongside a...

An Israeli artillery strike on a United Nations compound in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon on April 18, 1996, resulted in the deaths of more than 100 civilians who had taken shelter at the site. The compound was being used by the United Nations Int...

Srebrenica Genocide On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, a United Nations-declared “safe area.” The town was predominantly inhabited by Bosniak civilians and was under UN protection during the Bosnian War...

East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian military conducted systematic operations against civilians, resistance fighters, and polit...

UN Resolution 3379 On Zionism And Racism On November 10, 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted **Resolution 3379**, titled "Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination." The resolution declared that "**Zionism is a form of racis...

Background and Long‑Term Pattern Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank has been tracked since at least 2006, with thousands of incidents of assaults, property damage, arson, intimidation, and land seizures doc...

The Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians that occurred between 1947 and 1949 during the collapse of the British Mandate for Palestine and the establishment of the State of Israel. On November 29, 1947, the United Nation...