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UN says Gaza malnutrition gains fragile as Israel halts commercial shipments

Israel said on Wednesday that commercial goods were no longer entering Gaza because of what it described as a dispute over taxes between local merchants and Hamas.

 Palestinian vendor sells goods at a street market in Gaza City, October 16, 2026.
NOBEL PEACE Center director Kjersti Flogstad and Norwegian Nobel Committee head Jorgen Watne Frydnes talk with this year’s Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay via video link at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, on October 10, 2026.

My Word: The Nobel non-Peace Prize - opinion

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.

Saudi Arabia could help unlock the next phase of Trump's Gaza plan - opinion

A view of shipping containers near a docked container ship at the Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), which has seen increased vessel traffic amid disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, in Aqaba Tuesday, 1st September 2026

Failure to activate Hormuz fertilizer plan could trigger food crisis, UN official says


Yemen fighting overwhelms hospitals, cuts aid to 800,000 people, relief agencies say

More ⁠than 200,000 people have ⁠been displaced from their homes since fighting ​in the country began in recent weeks, according to ‌the United Nations' International ‌Organization for Migration.

A boy collects water from a charity tank in a makeshift camp for people displaced by clashes between Iran-aligned Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, near Aden, Yemen October 7, 2026.

UN adopts Durban resolution despite antisemitic legacy of anti-Zionist declaration

Danon recalled that images of Hitler were circulated during the conference, Zionism was equated with racism, and Jewish participants were physically assaulted.

A march organized by the Muslim Judicial ahead of the Durban conference in Cape Town, August 2001.

Jews must resist the pressure to follow the anti-Zionist crowd - opinion

As anti-Zionism infiltrates liberal institutions and the Nobel Peace Prize, Jewish distinctness offers a path to moral clarity, independent thought, and enduring hope.

 PROTESTERS MARCH out of Kings College Circle after leaving an anti-Israel student encampment at the University of Toronto, following an Ontario judge order for the protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, in July.

Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize is an insult to Jewish communities - opinion

Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize raises questions about antisemitism, international justice, and the credibility of institutions claiming to defend universal human rights.

FILE PHOTO:  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addresses the OSCE permament council in Vienna, Austria July 3, 2014.

UN rapporteur joins weekly hunger strike over Iran's execution surge and protest crackdown

“The death penalty is being used against people for exercising the rights of freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights,” she said.

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.

EU establishes new support mission in Lebanon, advisory to military forces

The mission "will advise and assist the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces to strengthen territorial control, border security, and internal security."

EU European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas and Lebanon's Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji attend a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 8, 2026.

Panel of experts challenges European policies toward Israeli settlements

Natasha Hausdorff, Olga Deutsch, and Naomi Kahn questioned the legal arguments underpinning EU policy and challenged the evidence used to support claims of settler violence.

Panel: (left) Natasha Hausdorff, Founder and President, The Center for International Rule of Law. (middle) Olga Deutsch, Incoming CEO, NGO Monitor. (right) Naomi Kahn, International Director, Regavim.

One year after Trump's ceasefire, the next challenge in Gaza is still unclear - analysis

The Board of Peace has tried to do some work on the sidelines to see what might happen after Israel’s elections. In general, the theory is that Israel won’t do anything on Gaza until afterward.

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist stands guard as Palestinians walk on a street during Eid al-Fitr, in Gaza City, March 20, 2026

Hegesth plan to publicly livestream Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN condemnation

“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth told Jack Posobiec.

Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on June 29, 2012.

Netanyahu calls Nobel laureate Navi Pillay a 'bigot' after prize win

Pillay was given the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 Massacre, marking three years since Oct 7.