The UN AIDS agency on Wednesday welcomed comments by Elon Musk that the Trump administration could take a new look at funding cuts for AIDS prevention programs.

Pope Leo XIV called for Israel to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid into Gaza during his first General Audience.

As Israel expands its assault in Gaza, the United Nations has warned that 14,000 babies will die in the next 48 hours if aid doesn’t reach them now.

The U.N. is still trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions.

“China defies warnings and brings hope to Gaza.” Another video circulates showing aircraft allegedly delivering Chinese humanitarian aid to Gaza. In this case, the planes do belong to the Chinese military, but the location is the pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

No humanitarian aid has yet been distributed in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said on Wednesday, two days after Israel lifted an 11-week blockade and began allowing limited deliveries into the enclave through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Pope Leo XIV says the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, "the heartbreaking price of which is paid by children, the elderly, the sick," must end and food must be allowed in.

Satellite images appear to show the construction of three large aid distribution sites in southern Gaza, amid reports about a controversial new United States-backed plan to bring more humanitarian aid to Gaza. The images show ongoing construction in three areas surrounding Rafah, Gaza, since the beginning of April.

A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral,