Adla Massoud

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia will join the 15-member body next year

Latest proposal calls for initial six-week ceasefire with Israeli military withdrawal from populated areas

Humankind poses meteor-like risk to its own survival, Antonio Guterres says on World Environment Day

Martin Griffiths firmly rejects idea of sending UN peacekeepers into Gaza

President says administration is 'working around the clock' to end the war and progress a two-state solution

Cross-border exchanges of fire have increased in northern Israel and Hezbollah has struck an Israeli surveillance blimp

Security Council urged to demand states fulfil their duty and put end to breaches of international law by Hamas

Baghdad requests UN mission be terminated by end of 2025

After 13 years, the International Criminal Court has yet to bring any Libyan cases to trial

Foundation is one of the most influential forces in global public health, spending more than $50 billion to fight poverty and disease

Iran-backed rebel group has launched more than 50 attacks on maritime targets, capturing one ship and sinking another

Event highlights need for regional co-operation in creative industries

The US, Israel's strongest ally at the UN, declared earlier that it would vote against the resolution

Resolution approved with 143 votes in favour, nine against and 25 abstentions

At least 520 corpses have been discovered in makeshift burial sites at hospitals across the enclave