A constant of stream of Palestinians flee southwards as Israeli tanks reportedly push further into Gaza's biggest urban centre.

Israel has begun a ground assault to seize what it calls a Hamas stronghold inside Gaza City. A United Nations commission said Israel is committing genocide.

Minh-Thu Pham of Project Starling, a group that supports multilateral co-operation, says the danger is less that the UN goes rogue, but that America does. “The UN is moving forward without the US, and not in spite of the US or to spite the US ,” she says; abandonment by America means the UN will become more “independent”.

A United Nations armored personnel carrier in the Central African Republic has crashed into a river outside the capital, killing five U.N. police officers.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has officially named David Lametti as Canada’s next ambassador to the United Nations.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was highly critical of a new U.N. report accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, warning that those involved could face sanctions.

The United States and Israel have sent complaint letters to top U.N. officials contesting the impartiality of their staff over the Gaza war, documents showed, as hundreds of U.N. staff protested outside its European headquarters on Thursday.

Pedersen is leaving as Syria continues to grapple with political upheaval, humanitarian crises and ongoing conflict.

The International Organization for Migration says a boat carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire and sank over the weekend off Libya’s coast, killing at least 50 people as it headed toward Greece.