Trump-Putin Relationship Under ‘serious Strain’
In the lead-up to the US election, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm and fuzzy-sounding phrases such as "highly ...
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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 newcomer ...
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 ...
Netanyahu Snubs ‘shameful’ UN Vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land is “shameful”. ...
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 refused ...
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 Ethiopian ...
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 report on ...
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 strongest-ever sanctions on Pyongyang. ...
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 said, ...
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 former critic ...
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. ...
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 an arms ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 dozens ...
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 endangered an ...
UN Chief Calls Netanyahu Ethnic Cleansing Comment Outrageous
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Palestinians want the "ethnic cleansing" of Jews ...
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 ...
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, ...