UK‚ US and other countries to pause funding for key UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees
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UK‚ US and other countries to pause funding for key UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees

The decision by the US‚ UK and other western nations to freeze ­funding for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees will significantly worsen the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip‚ Palestinians have warned. Britain‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ the Netherlands‚ Switzerland and Finland joined the United States‚ Australia and Canada in pausing funding after UNRWA‚ the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine‚ revealed an investigation had been launched into 12 members of staff who...