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Israel accuses UN of placing it on same sexual violence blacklist as Hamas terrorists, severs ties
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Israeli officials blasted the United Nations after accusing the body of adding Israeli entities to a sexual violence blacklist that also includes the terrorist group Hamas.
«We are done with this UN Secretary-General. Guterres has put Israel on the same blacklist along with Hamas, ISIS and the most depraved terrorist organizations in the world. This is a moral disgrace that proves that Guterres has lost all credibility,» Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for Danon said Israel was officially freezing relations with the secretary-general’s office as long as Antonio Guterres holds the position.
Danon claimed Guterres decided to include Israeli entities on a blacklist regarding sexual violence in conflict zones, prompting the ambassador to freeze relations with the U.N. Secretary-General’s Office.
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Ambassador Danny Danon of Israel speaks during a joint press briefing with former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky at U.N. Headquarters on Aug. 27, 2025. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket)
«We are a strong democracy. We invited the representatives of the U.N. to come to Israel to check those ridiculous allegations. They chose not to come. They chose to continue with the campaign against Israel. We saw the lies in The New York Times, and now we see another lie coming from the U.N.,» Danon said in a video shared with Fox News Digital.
«We are done with this Secretary-General,» he concluded.
The United Nations has not confirmed the inclusion of Israel on a sexual blacklist. The U.N. did not respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital also reached out to The New York Times for comment.
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The Jerusalem Post first reported Wednesday night that the Israeli Prison Service will be included on the U.N.’s list of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones.
In early May, The New York Times published an opinion piece from writer Nicholas Kristof accusing Israeli prison guards of conducting institutionalized sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners. Kristof cited a 2025 U.N. report that called alleged Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinians «standard operating procedures towards Palestinians.»
New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote a piece titled «The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians.» (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Israeli officials strongly rejected the piece’s premises and accused Kristof and the Times of blood libel, threatening to sue the outlet in American courts.
THE UN’S BETRAYAL AND ISRAEL’S FIGHT FOR TRUTH
«In an unfathomable inversion of reality, and through an endless stream of baseless lies, propagandist Nicholas Kristof turns the victim into the accused. Israel -— whose citizens were the victims of the most horrific sexual crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, and whose hostages were later subjected to further sexual abuse -— is portrayed as the guilty party,» the Israel Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X in response to the Times piece.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry further commented Thursday on the reported U.N. blacklisting.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks about the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal at the United Nations in New York City on Jan. 15, 2025. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
«Over the past year, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN and the Israeli delegation held a series of meetings with U.N. representatives and provided documents, data, as well as a detailed response to all the allegations that were raised. Despite this, the U.N. Secretary-General chose to advance a political decision and include Israel alongside Hamas and terrorist organizations,» the foreign ministry wrote in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
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«The shameful and absurd U.N. decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to the CRSV report is further proof of the UN’s true nature: a politicized and corrupt organization that has abandoned its founding principles and systematically targets Israel as its primary mission. This decision is yet another example of the UN’s long-standing, institutionalized hostility toward Israel. Today’s decision must be understood in its true context: an attempt to create a fake symmetry between Israel and the real sexual atrocities committed by Hamas. This is its sole motivation. The person behind this farce is Antonio Guterres,» the statement continued.
«This is the same Guterres who sought to ‘contextualize’ the October 7 massacre, who covered up the involvement of UN employees in those atrocities, and who has dragged the UN to its lowest point. Guterres is now exploiting his final months as Secretary-General to fabricate baseless accusations against Israel, completely devoid of any factual merit. Israel has comprehensively, thoroughly, and unequivocally refuted these allegations. Given that António Guterres has chosen to violate every standard of honesty, integrity, and professionalism, Israel has decided to sever all ties with the Secretary-General’s Office and will wait until a new UN Secretary-General is appointed,» the statement concluded.
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MLB accused of ‘double standard’ after calling out players’ Bible messages despite backing BLM in 2020
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is facing mounting backlash over threatening to discipline San Francisco Giants players for inscribing Bible verses on their Pride hats — a move critics say reflects the league’s growing embrace of progressive social causes at odds with its fan base.
MLB said the players’ actions violated its uniform policy, which prohibits «writing of any kind» on uniforms, despite the league previously allowing political messages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The league’s warning came after three Giants players — Landen Roupp, J.T. Brubaker and Ryan Walker — wrote a passage from Genesis 9 on the franchise’s «Pride Night» caps. The verses in white lettering detailed the Christian understanding of the rainbow as a covenant between God and every living creature after the worldwide flood described in the first book of the Bible.
GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., are demanding answers, citing a «pattern of discrimination» against Christian players in the league.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a joint Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 30, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
DAN DAKICH RIPS MLB FOR WARNING GIANTS PLAYERS WHO WROTE BIBLE VERSES ON THEIR PRIDE HATS: ‘SHUT UP’
«The freedom to live out one’s faith does not end at the ballpark gate,» Hawley wrote in a letter to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred on Tuesday.
The three Giants players have not yet been fined or punished by the league. But if the league decides to pursue disciplinary action, Hawley said in an interview with «The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show» Wednesday that he would subpoena Manfred to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and examine the league’s antitrust exemption.
Hawley argued that the league’s enforcement of its uniform policy during the «Pride Night» episode stands in sharp contrast to its encouragement of players to embrace the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
That year, several franchises in the league inscribed pitcher’s mounds and jersey patches with messages stating «Black Lives Matter» and «United For Change.»
Hawley also noted the league suspended its own uniform rules, allowing players to write progressive social messages on their cleats.
The league’s account also tweeted a picture of Giants players kneeling for the national anthem and endorsed the move with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
«While they bent over backwards for BLM messaging in 2020, they’re cracking down on religious freedom in 2026,» Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, wrote on social media Wednesday. «This isn’t neutrality, it’s political discrimination against faith.»
«Americans see the double standard,» he added.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp was warned by MLB after writing a Bible verse on a «Pride Night» cap, a move critics contrasted with the league’s past support for Black Lives Matter messaging. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images; Right: Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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In 2021, the league pulled the 2021 All-Star Game and MLB draft out of Atlanta, Ga., in protest of a Republican voting law. The measure enacted new restrictions on mail-in voting, which Democrats argued would make it harder for Black Georgians to vote.
Former President Joe Biden and former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams endorsed the league’s decision.
Hawley also pointed to a recent scandal involving a Washington Nationals executive alleging that anti-Christian discrimination in the league is not an «isolated incident.»
Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson said the franchise did not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotions over his religious objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring a drag group that satirizes Christianity at its 2023 «Pride Night.»
«That executive has since been fired, but not before the anti-Christian bigotry was exposed,» Hawley said, adding that the league «needs to course correct immediately.»
«MLB has a sweetheart deal from the federal government,» he said. «They play by different rules than any other business in America. But now MLB is using its power to target Christians and trample free speech. It’s anti-American.»
MLB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. speaks during the MLB and Dominican Baseball Federation announcement at the 2025 Winter Meetings in Orlando on Dec. 8, 2025. (Mary Holt/WBCI/MLB Photos)
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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon has also warned the league that it risks litigation if it moves to punish outspoken Christian players.
«Time to lawyer up!» she wrote on social media Tuesday.
Fox News’ Ian Miller and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
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Ucrania lanzó el mayor ataque sobre Moscú en dos años: bombardeó una refinería clave por segunda vez en una semana
Ucrania lanzó este jueves su mayor ataque con drones contra Moscú en los dos últimos años, lo que provocó incendios en la capital rusa y sus alrededores. La ofensiva, que incluyó el golpe a una refinería clave, dejó cientos de vuelos demorados y puso en alerta a toda la región.
Varios drones impactaron en la refinería MNPZ, ubicada en el distrito de Kapotnia, al sur de Moscú. El propio alcalde de la ciudad, Seguéi Sobianin, calificó el hecho como un ataque “a gran escala”, aunque no detalló el alcance de los daños.
Reporteros en la zona vieron grandes columnas de humo negro sobre la periferia sur de la capital, mientras las llamas se apoderaban de la refinería.
El presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski, justificó la ofensiva y la definió como “una respuesta plenamente justificada a los ataques rusos contra nuestras ciudades”.
La refinería de Kapotnia, al sureste de la capital rusa, se incendió en las últimas horas debido a un ataque masivo de drones ucranianos contra Moscú. (Foto: AFP).
El ataque coincidió con una reunión del presidente Vladimir Putin con líderes del sudeste asiático en la ciudad de Kazán, a unos 700 kilómetros de Moscú. El mandatario ruso evitó referirse al tema en su intervención inicial.
No es la primera vez que Kiev lanza una ofensiva de este tipo durante un evento internacional en Rusia: a principios de junio, un ataque similar golpeó la zona de San Petersburgo durante un importante foro económico.
Aeropuertos cerrados y vuelos demorados
El ataque obligó a cerrar los principales aeropuertos de Moscú durante horas. El más importante, Sheremétievo, evacuó a los pasajeros a “lugares seguros” y recién reabrió cerca de las once de la mañana.
Otro dron se estrelló contra un edificio de departamentos en la zona de Zhukovski, mientras que los restos de otro aparato provocaron un incendio en un centro comercial cercano, según informó el gobernador regional, Andréi Vorobiov.
Cerraron aeropuertos rusos por el ataque ucraniano contra Moscú. (Foto: AFP).
El martes, la misma refinería MNPZ ya había sido blanco de otro ataque ucraniano, que provocó un incendio y daños en una planta que cubre más de un tercio de las necesidades de combustible de Moscú.
Según el alcalde Sobianin, las defensas antiaéreas abatieron 180 drones que se acercaban a la capital. El Ministerio de Defensa ruso aseguró haber interceptado más de 500 drones ucranianos en todo el país durante la madrugada.
“Sanciones de largo alcance” y represalias cruzadas
En la región sureña de Rostov, otro ataque ucraniano con drones dejó un muerto y dos heridos, según el gobernador local. En los últimos meses, Kiev intensificó sus ofensivas contra refinerías de petróleo, consideradas un activo clave para el esfuerzo de guerra ruso, mientras las negociaciones diplomáticas siguen estancadas.
Zelenski calificó estos ataques como “sanciones de largo alcance” y reclamó: “Es hora de que la guerra termine, y de que Rusia tome los pasos necesarios a nivel diplomático”.
Por su parte, Rusia respondió con más de 200 drones y varios misiles balísticos contra Ucrania entre la noche del miércoles y la mañana del jueves, según la fuerza aérea ucraniana. En Kiev, la gente corrió a los refugios ante la amenaza de nuevos bombardeos.
Un drone ucraniano impactó contra un edificio de viviendas en Moscú. (Foto: Reuters).
Restricciones y clima de tensión en Moscú
A pesar de las represalias y el impacto social y económico de la guerra, Putin intentó mostrar normalidad con la cumbre en Kazán, que reunió a los primeros ministros de Tailandia, Vietnam, Camboya, Laos, Malasia y Singapur, además del presidente de Filipinas, Ferdinand Marcos.
Sin embargo, los ataques obligaron a tomar medidas concretas: tras el golpe al Foro Económico de San Petersburgo, Putin prometió reforzar las defensas antiaéreas y la autoridad federal de aviación prohibió el sobrevuelo de drones y aparatos ligeros civiles en el espacio aéreo de Moscú. Además, las autoridades restringieron la publicación de fotos y videos de los lugares atacados.
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En la cumbre del G7 en Francia, el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump insistió en que Moscú debe aceptar “un acuerdo” para terminar el conflicto y advirtió que podría restablecer “pronto” las sanciones al petróleo ruso.
Putin, por su parte, se niega a reunirse cara a cara con Zelenski y mantiene como objetivo tomar el control total de la región ucraniana del Donbás.
La ofensiva rusa, lanzada en febrero de 2022, ya es el conflicto más sangriento en Europa desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial y dejó cientos de miles de muertos.
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