The recent recognitions by some Western nations of a Palestinian state will not “bind Israel in any way,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

China has thrown its weight behind the United Nations, stressing that the world body remains essential to global stability, in sharp contrast to US President Donald Trump’s attack on the institution on Tuesday, during his speech at the UNGA.

Women and children were among 20 people who died when a strike hit a building sheltering displaced families, first responders say. 

​Women and children were among 20 people who died when a strike hit a building sheltering displaced families, first responders say.