Israel, backed by Washington, will cease contact with the UN's Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, drawing condemnation from aid groups.

Israel, backed by Washington, will cease contact with the UN's Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf.

The United Nations confirmed Tuesday it had received notification from Washington of its withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement, a key campaign pledge of US President Donald Trump. Washington typically provides 22 percent of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat's budget,

The United States has officially pulled out from the Paris Climate Agreement, effective January 27, 2026. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, revealed this at a news briefing on Tuesday in New York. DAILY POST recalls that the historic accord reached by 193 countries in December 2015 in a bid to keep temperature rises to below 1.