UN General Assembly to vote on Gaza ceasefire
The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote on a Gaza ceasefire on Tuesday, demanding a stop to the vicious…
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Russia asks UN Security Council to vote on Israel, Gaza
Russia asked the United Nations Security Council to vote on Monday on a draft resolution on the Israeli aggression…
UN Security Council considers lifting sanctions on Eritrea next week
The U.N. Security Council is considering lifting sanctions on Eritrea next week after its recent rapprochement with…
U.N. Security Council demands truce as air strikes batter Syria’s Ghouta
The U.N. Security Council on Saturday demanded a 30-day truce across Syria as rescuers in the country’s eastern…
UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea
The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea following its latest intercontinental…
Russia, U.S. stalemate over Syria chemical weapons inquiry
Russia said on Monday it was talking to the United States about the U.N. Security Council renewing an…
U.N. to vote Tuesday on Syria sanctions despite Russia veto pledge
The U.N. Security Council will vote on Tuesday on a bid by Western powers to ban the supply of helicopters to the…
Israel cuts $6 million in U.N. funding over settlements resolution
Israel said on Friday it would cut $6 million in funding to the United Nations in 2017 in protest against a U.N.…
Israel, angered by UN vote, summons ambassadors of Egypt and 9 states
Israel summoned on Sunday the ambassadors of 10 nations, including Egypt, to Jerusalem to reprimand them and had…
High-level Syrian delegation arrives in Egypt: reports
Egyptian media has said that a high-level Syrian delegation arrived in Cairo for talks with unnamed senior…
Sudan asks Egypt to start talks over disputed Halayeb area
The Sudanese government plans to seek international arbitration unless Egypt agrees to enter negotiations over the…
China assigns first special envoy for Syria crisis
China appointed Tuesday its first special envoy for the Syrian crisis, a career diplomat who has served as…
U.N. lifts North Korea sanctions on four ships at China’s request- Reuters
The U.N. Security Council agreed on Monday to a Chinese request to remove sanctions on four ships the United…
U.S. to raise Iranian missile test at U.N. Security Council
A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution…
French wants to revive peace process in Palestine
French FM Laurent Fabius to head Palestine, Israel, in June to revive peace process France's foreign minister…
North Korea boasts of Firing Ballistic Missile from Submarine
North Korea said on Saturday it had successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a step that would…
Saudi Arabia and Egypt discuss Maneuvers as Yemen Battles rage
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday imposed an arms embargo targeting the Iran-allied Houthi rebels who now…
Egypt drops U.N. Draft on Libya
Egypt said Wednesday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Libya submitted by Arab states makes no mention of…
Egypt Says It Backs Palestinian U.N. Resolution
Egypt said on Saturday it supports a draft resolution submitted by the Palestinians to the U.N. Security Council…
Egypt Defends itself at U.N. Amid Outcry over Jailing of Journalists
Egypt defended its judicial system at the United Nations on Wednesday amid a global outcry over the jailing of…
Amid Rare Unity, U.N. Security Council Mulls Action On Syria Aid
After adopting a hard-fought, Russian-backed resolution to rid Syria of chemical weapons, the U.N. Security Council…
U.N. Security Council Demands Elimination Of Syria Chemical Arms
The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that demands the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons…
U.S., Russia Agree on Syria U.N. Chemical Arms Measure
Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia agreed on Thursday on a U.N. Security Council…
U.K. Parliament Rejects Use of Force in Syria
British Prime Minister David Cameron lost a preliminary vote on Syria, an early sign of the pushback Western…
U.S. Could Look Beyond U.N. Security Council In Any Syria Strike
In the face of a U.N. Security Council deadlocked on Syria, the United States and its allies could seek other means…
France Fears Extremists Will Benefit from Egypt Violence
France's foreign minister said on Friday the escalating tension in Egypt risked playing into the hands of radical…
Turkish PM Calls for U.N. Security Council to Convene on Egypt
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Thursday for the U.N. Security Council to convene quickly and…
Syria Hit By Diplomatic Defection As U.N. Battles Divisions
Syria's ambassador to Iraq defected on Wednesday in protest over President Bashar al-Assad's violent suppression of…
Egypt’s MB Call for Taking Action in Syria
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called on Arab and other world powers on Monday to intervene in Syria after 108 people…
U.N. General Assembly to vote Thursday on Syria; China warns of ‘wrong steps’
The United Nations General Assembly will vote Thursday on a new resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar…