World Sep 28 WATCH: Russian foreign minister invokes nuclear capacity in UN speech condemning the West Russia's top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United…
World Sep 25 WATCH: 2024 United Nations General Assembly – Day 2 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the podium, implored world leaders not to give in to calls for a ceasefire that doesn't guarantee Ukraine's sovereignty.
World Sep 24 WATCH: At UNGA, Secretary-General Guterres calls global situation ‘unsustainable’ Citing deepening geopolitical divisions, wars with no end in sight, climate change and nuclear and emerging weapons, he says humanity is "edging towards the unimaginable – a powder keg that risks engulfing the world."…
World Sep 23 Iran’s president accuses Israel of laying ‘traps’ and seeking wider Mideast war Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn’t want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across the Israeli-Lebanon border expanded.
World Aug 29 WHO announces deal with Israel to allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case…
World Jun 14 U.S.-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether UN will keep delivering aid The U.N. has paused its work with the pier since June 8, when an operation by Israeli security forces rescued four Israeli hostages and killed more than 270 Palestinians.
World Jun 10 As UN pauses Gaza aid distribution from pier, U.S. plans to stockpile it on secure beach The U.S. military said Monday that it plans to stockpile aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a U.N. pause on distributing food from the American-built pier after one of the deadliest days of the Israel-Hamas war.
World Jun 10 UN Security Council votes to adopt resolution for Israel-Hamas cease-fire plan The resolution, which the council voted 14-0 in favor, with Russia abstaining, urges Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”…
Politics May 29 U.S. calls Algeria’s proposed UN resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah not helpful Algeria, the Arab representative on the council, circulated the draft resolution Tuesday evening to its 15 members after emergency council consultations on the escalating Israeli operation in Rafah.
World May 23 UN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide over Serb opposition The vote in the 193-member General Assembly on Thursday was 84-19 with 68 nations abstaining, a reflection of concern among many countries about the impact of the vote on efforts to achieve reconciliation in deeply divided Bosnia.