The United Nations has accused Israel of “severe violations” of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in “engineering groundwork activities” that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

The United Nations says Israeli construction along a demilitarised buffer zone with Syria has led to “severe violations” of a 50-year-old ceasefire agreement, which risk increasing tensions along their shared frontier in the occupied Golan Heights.

United Nations peacekeepers are warning that the Israeli military has committed “severe violations” of a cease-fire deal with Syria as its military continues a major construction project along the so-

President-elect Donald Trump has named Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik as his pick for UN ambassador.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to be the next ambassador to the United Nations. How she's tied to Massachusetts

US President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for the post of Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations has been one of Israel’s most outspoken defenders since the war in Gaza broke out last year. New York Representative Elise Stefanik,