The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America’s leadership diminish in the world during Donald Trump’s first presidency and saw China fill the vacuum.

Speaking at a news conference in Lebanon, Guterres said that while there would not be any "impediments by Israel for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza", that getting the aid into the hands of those in need would not be "easy".

Recent reports from human rights organisations have highlighted ethnic-based attacks by militias allied with the Sudanese army in the central state of Al-Jazira, a development that the UN described as potentially amounting to war crimes and other atrocity crimes.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect, the United Nations said."First trucks of supplies started entering" minutes after the ceasefire took effect on Sunday morning,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named former Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag as the new U.N. Middle East envoy, a U.N. spokesperson said. Kaag will also continue in her current role as the U.N. senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, said deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the priority now "must be to ease the tremendous suffering" caused by the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas,

The United Nations says it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza after a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador, Rep Elise Stefanik, R-NY., has the ability to make a big change at the world body if she takes a serious look at US funding to the world body.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck slams Joy Behar for calling Carrie Underwood "un-American" for agreeing to perform at President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony.

"Gwyn Lewis said the UN would support this trial process as much as possible so that it goes on smoothly as the country's people have an aspiration for this," ICT Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said at a press briefing held at his office this afternoon.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has come into effect after a delay of almost three hours. The three-stage truce starts the exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.