Michelle Nichols

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said some movement restrictions appear to have been eased by Israel in Gaza on Sun after Israel decided to “support a one-week scale-up of aid.” He said initial reports indicate over 100 truckloads collected from crossings.. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

The United Nations food aid agency needs quick approvals by Israel for its trucks to move into Gaza if it is to take advantage of Israel's planned humanitarian pauses in fighting, a senior World Food Programme official said on Sunday.   reuters.com/world/middle-e…

SCOOP: In early July, the US embassy in Pretoria asked Washington if non-whites can apply for Trump’s refugee program geared towards white South Africans. In response, State Dept’s top refugee official said the program was intended for white people. W/@tedhesson

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher has demanded that Israel provide evidence for its accusations that staff with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs were affiliated with Hamas, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

The United States told China at the United Nations on Friday it should "stop fueling Russia's aggression" in Ukraine, as China accused Washington of trying to shift blame and spark confrontation. reuters.com/world/china/us…

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday over the Israeli strikes in Syria, diplomats said.

Syria on Wednesday called for the United Nations Security Council to meet as soon as possible to "address the consequences of the Israeli aggression on Syrian territory," according to a letter seen by Reuters.

A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.N. post would not be cabinet-level. reuters.com/world/china/tr…

‘We can make the UN great again,' says Trump's pick for UN envoy @michaelgwaltz with @ReutersZengerle reuters.com/world/china/tr…

The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six children and injuring 17 others, said Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

A United Nations conference hosted by France and Saudi Arabia to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians has been rescheduled for July 28-29, diplomats said on Friday, after it was postponed last month when Israel launched a military attack on Iran.

UN sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished UN report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected US push for removing UN sanctions on Syria. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

A review of the embattled United Nations Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, ordered by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has identified four possible ways forward for the organization that has lost U.S. funding and been banned by Israel. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

The Pentagon believes Iran's nuclear program has been degraded by 1 to 2 years, the Pentagon spokesperson tells reporters.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a U.S.-backed aid operation in Gaza is “inherently unsafe,” giving a blunt assessment: “It is killing people.” reuters.com/world/middle-e…

"We see an all too familiar pattern: Follow when the Charter suits, ignore when it does not. The Charter of the United Nations is not optional. It is not an a la carte menu. It is the bedrock of international relations," Guterres said. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

SCOOP: The White House on Wednesday recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar and Syria, as well as on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine. From me and @anotherdeutsch

U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities "effectively fulfilled our narrow objective: to degrade Iran's capacity to produce a nuclear weapon," acting U.S. envoy to the U.N. Dorothy Shea told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

"Trump is back in the war business," I tell @michellenichols @Reuters. "I am not sure anyone in Moscow, Tehran or Beijing ever believed his spiel that he is a peacemaker. It always looked more like a campaign phrase than a strategy." reuters.com/world/us/strik…

The U.N. Security Council met on Sunday to discuss U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East. reuters.com/world/middle-e…