The president also ordered the U.S. to review its ties to UNESCO, and he signed a directive authorizing a ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions regime against Iran.

The Israeli government made official on Thursday, through a procedure carried out in Geneva, its withdrawal from all activities related to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body which it accuses of acting in a biased and anti-Israel manner.

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said.

Footage from the jailbreak shows people fleeing from the building as black smoke rises into the air More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma,

The people of Goma in North Kivu are still trying to come to terms with the fallout of the conflict in DR Congo so far. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Goma, Emmet Livingston has more.

The US president says he wants the US to take "long-term ownership" of Gaza, turning it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".

UN chief says vital to abide by international law Palestinian UN envoy says: 'We are not going to leave Gaza' Guterres says two states the only sustainable solution UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told President Donald Trump on Wednesday to avoid ethnic cleansing in Gaza after the U.