World Sep 28 WATCH: Day 7 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly The seventh day of high-level debate at the United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to begin Monday at 9 a.m. EDT.
World Sep 27 WATCH: Any aggression against Russia will meet a ‘decisive response,’ foreign minister tells U.N. As new tensions rise between Russia and NATO powers, Moscow's top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation doesn't intend to attack Europe but will mount a “decisive response” to any aggression.
World Sep 26 UN Security Council rejects Russia and China’s resolution to delay sanctions on Iran The U.N. Security Council on Friday rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of meetings failed to result in…
World Sep 23 WATCH: Secretary-General Guterres warns ‘the pillars of peace and progress are buckling’ at U.N. General Assembly The United Nations chief challenged world leaders Tuesday to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power and where nations come together rather than scramble for self-interests.
World Aug 28 UN votes to end its peacekeeping operations in Lebanon next year after nearly 5 decades The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel.
World Aug 23 Trucks carrying UN food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region destroyed by drone attack A drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region destroyed three vehicles that had caught fire, the World Food Program said. All drivers and personnel were safe.
World Aug 19 A record 383 humanitarian workers were killed in 2024, nearly half in Gaza, UN says Sudan was second to Gaza and the West Bank, with 60 aid workers losing their lives in 2024 during civil war.
World Jul 29 WATCH: UN meeting calls on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state, gives ‘unwavering support’ to two-state solution It signaled widespread international determination to end one of the world's longest conflicts.
World Jul 28 WATCH: United Nations meeting on the ‘Question of Palestine’ and two-state solution with Israel France and Saudi Arabia want the meeting to put a spotlight on the two-state solution, which they view as the only viable road map to peace and to start addressing the steps to get there.
World Jun 30 U.S. skips global UN Financing for Development conference aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty Co-hosts the U.N. and Spain believe the meeting is an opportunity to close the staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap.