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US secretary of state warns peace plan proposed by China draws ‘false equivalence’ by calling on both sides to stop fighting

Even holding a minute of silence for victims of the conflict in Ukraine proved too hard for the United Nations Security Council, where a meeting meant to push for peace a year after Russia invaded descended into objections about the order of speakers.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine Wednesday as the General Assembly met in a special session two days before the anniversary of Moscow's attack. "That invasion is an affront to our collective conscience," Guterres said, calling the anniversary "a grim milestone for the people of Ukraine…

Moscow has launched a new diplomatic battle at the UN Security Council, declaring its opposition to the extension of the international mechanism for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for another six months. Damascus, like its major ally Moscow, also stepped up its opposition of renewing and extending the…

Washington accuses Moscow of offering Tehran ‘an unprecedented level of military and technical support’.

‘We cannot be hostage to one international terrorist,’ says Ukraine leader

Zelenskyy urges the UN to act against Russia over air attacks on civilian infrastructure amid widespread power outages.

Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power, aided by the reconnection of the country's four nuclear plants, but millions of people were still in the dark after the most devastating Russian air strikes of the war.

US ambassador tells UN Security Council more than 1,800 Ukrainian children transferred to Russia in July alone.

Secretary general says agreement must be secured to commit Russian forces to withdraw and Ukrainian forces not to move in

Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Tuesday over who was endangering the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, as the United Nations urged both sides to insulate the Ukrainian facility from the ongoing war. Russia called the meeting at the UN Security Council to discuss the dangers that close shelling and a military presence…