Senators say they are concerned that a bicameral dispute over the appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security could derail efforts to avert a government shutdown. The House and ...

The leading UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees faces severe funding cuts and suspended services, with huge consequences for millions of Palestinians. It remains enmeshed in controversy over ...

The European Union takes note of the Israeli legislation on UNRWA, which has just been adopted. The EU condemns any attempt to abrogate the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA or to otherwise ...

The Trump administration seeks a "full dismantlement" of the agency. Some U.S. citizens who are victims and family members of victims of Hamas and Hezbollah attacks have filed a lawsuit against the ...

President Donald Trump's announcement that he wants the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip included an attack on a United Nations aid agency that he said "funneled" money to Hamas and was "very disloyal ...

Dear Members of the United States Congress, We, the undersigned 124 civil society organizations, write to respectfully request your support for the restoration of United States funding to the United ...

A week ago, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on Israel to cooperate with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following a ...

February 3, 2024 — The U.S. decision to temporarily pause funding for UNRWA will dramatically weaken the backbone of the humanitarian response for 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza. It is important to ...

The suspension of funding by a growing number of Western countries for a United Nations agency for Palestinians has raised questions about the fate of the 5.9 million refugees it serves. The United ...

UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, has survived 75 years of Israeli-Palestinian strife. Can it survive the latest conflict? UNRWA tents for internally displaced Palestinians in the Gaza ...

The main UN agency in Gaza is in turmoil after Israel accused some of its staff members of involvement in Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks. The United Nations Relief ...

The U.N. agency known as UNRWA has been the backbone of aid to Gaza. Now, Israel is moving to ban it over accusations that it shielded Hamas militants. By Jack Nicas Reporting from Jerusalem and from ...