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As the UN Security Council prepares to vote Thursday on humanitarian aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria from Turkey, Russia agreed to continue such deliveries but only for six months — not a year, as many UN Security Council members, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and more than 30 nongovernmental groups want.…

Washington on Thursday voiced deep concerns before the UN Security Council over Tehran pressing on with demands that go beyond the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Meanwhile, major European countries involved in negotiations for reviving the Iran nuclear deal took a tougher stance on the “extremely worrying context”…

The UN Security Council has voted to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Mali despite the loss of air support from France. Also, healthcare workers in Zimbabwe are heading out on strike, demanding a tenfold increase of their wages and threatening to strike again if their demands are…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday of becoming "a terrorist" state carrying out "daily terrorist acts" and urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations. In a virtual address to the UN Security Council, Zelenskyy urged the U.N. to establish an international tribunal to investigate "the actions of Russian…

Russia must be "brought to justice" or it "could bring terrorist activity" to other European countries and Asia, Zelensky said.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of becoming “a terrorist” leading a “terrorist state” and urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations

The UN political chief urged Libya’s rival factions on Monday to agree on measures governing the transition to elections during talks in Geneva later this week, expressing hope this will lead to long-awaited voting "at the earliest possible date." Rosemary DiCarlo told the UN Security Council that during talks in…

India must seek the extradition of Sajid Mir for his role in the Mumbai attacks

Unless the UN Security Council extends its approval of aid deliveries to opposition-held parts of northwest Syria next month, food supplies will be depleted by September in the region that is home to some 4 million people, aid agencies warned Thursday. Concerns have been rising in recent months that the…

PM Modi attends the meet, first of its kind since invasion of Ukraine, says BRICS countries share common views on economic governance, calls for post-pandemic cooperation

Kim Jong Un for the first time in a year convened a top-level meeting of North Korea’s military that could set the stage for his first nuclear test since 2017, as international attention is diverted to the war in Ukraine.