Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory ...

The ban effectively cuts off the UN aid agency from delivering critical aid to Gaza, putting millions of Palestinians at risk after 15 months of war have devastated the region.

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U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the occupied Palestinian territories for as long as possible.

Legislation that goes into effect on Thursday bars UNRWA from operating in the country. That will affect aid delivery to Gaza ...

Hamas-led militants have freed eight hostages as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. But the chaotic handover of some of ...

Hamas has agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement with Israel that has brought a pause to ...

Israel will delay the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails amid chaotic scenes surrounding Hamas’s release of hostages it kidnapped from Israel and held since its terrorist ...

On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, ...

Trump's press secretary says expenditure, which would amount to over 80% of total USAID spending worldwide on contraceptives ...

Still, the chaotic 48 hours suggested that some in the Trump administration had overestimated their ability to impose ...