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Tough-Talking Haley, Once A Critic, Is Trump’s Voice At UN

The career diplomats working at the UN headquarters building don't yet quite know what to make of the outspoken...

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Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin Dies At Work

Vitaly Churkin died while at work in New York on Monday Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has died. Vitaly...

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Netanyahu Snubs ‘shameful’ UN Vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian...

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UN Security Council Calls For An End

The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US...

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US Envoy To UN Calls For Release of Top Political Prisoner Held Since 2015

Samantha Power, the Unites States ambassador to the United Nations (UN) has called for the release of a leading...

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France, Fearing Massacres, Asks UN To Monitor Aleppo Evacuation

France has presented a UN Security Council draft resolution on sending observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and...

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North Korea Pledges ‘tough’ Response To UN Sanctions

North Korea warned of "tougher countermeasures for self-defence" after the UN Security Council unanimously imposed its...

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South Sudan Agrees To Deploy Regional Protection Force

The South Sudan government has agreed to accept the deployment of a UN-mandated regional force in Juba, a spokesman...

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Trump Names Nikki Haley As UN Ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump has named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the UN, praising his...

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Syria Conflict: Almost One Million Living Under Siege

The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. Emergency...

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U.S. Proposes U.N. Arms Embargo On South Sudan, Sanctions

The United States circulated on Thursday to the 15-member United Nations Security Council a draft resolution to impose...

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US Abstains From UN Vote Against Cuba Embargo

The US has for the first time abstained from voting against an annual UN resolution calling for an end to its economic...

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US Accuses Russia of ‘barbarism’ In Aleppo

The US ambassador to the UN has accused Russia of "barbarism" over the bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo. At an...

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Australia Regrets Syrian Air Strike Role

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed regret for the loss of life in a US-led airstrike which killed...

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Syria Conflict: US Air Attack Endangers Truce

A US-led air attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting so-called Islamic State has...

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UN Chief Calls Netanyahu Ethnic Cleansing Comment Outrageous

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that...

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Dinner, Drinks, and A Near-Fatal Ambush For U.S. Diplomats

On the night of July 7, seven American diplomats in Juba left a farewell dinner early and were headed back to the U. S....

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...