World Oct 18 U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Biden is in the region engaging in diplomacy and "we need to let that diplomacy play out." She criticized the resolution for not saying anything about Israel's right to self-defense.
World Oct 13 70 people, mostly women and children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza's fleeing convoys, Hamas says Hamas' media office says the cars were struck in three places as they headed south from Gaza City. It was not immediately clear who the target of the airstrikes was, or whether militants were among the passengers.
World Oct 13 Israel orders evacuation of 1 million in northern Gaza in 24 hours The evacuation order, which includes Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.
World Oct 09 U.S. demands condemnation of Hamas at UN meeting, but Security Council takes no immediate action The U.N. Security Council has held an emergency meeting behind closed doors with the United States demanding that all 15 members strongly condemn "these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas."…
Politics Sep 26 Belarus' top diplomat says he can't imagine his country entering the war in Ukraine alongside Russia The foreign minister of Belarus says he can't envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Belarus has a strategic partnership with Russia.
Politics Sep 23 WATCH: 2023 United Nations General Assembly - Day 5 It's Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York.
World Sep 19 UN chief calls for action and unity from leaders to solve global problems This year’s week-long session, the first full-on meeting of world leaders since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted travel, has 145 leaders scheduled to speak.
World Aug 16 UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying education, employment to women Gordon Brown told a U.N. conference on the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan that its rulers are responsible for "the most egregious, vicious and indefensible violation of women's rights and girls' rights in the world today."…
World Aug 10 UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017 Thomas-Greenfield said the council "must address the horrors, the abuses and crimes being perpetrated" by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's regime against its own people as well as the people of Japan and South Korea.
Politics Aug 03 WATCH: Blinken calls on world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as 'blackmail' America’s top diplomat lashed out at Russia at a U.N. Security Council meeting for ignoring the world’s appeals and pulling out of the year-old deal that allowed Ukraine to ship more than 32 tons of grain from Black Sea ports to needy…