U.N. Security Council

• Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban face-covering orders

  Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers.

  World

  May 11
  
• Russia can’t have veto power at UN Security Council, Zelenskyy says

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that "accountability must be inevitable" for Russia amid its war in the country.

  World

  Apr 4
  
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• Ukraine, Russia and U.S. square off at U.N. Security Council

  The U.N. Security Council met Monday for the first time on Russia’s troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States.

  World

  Jan 31
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• Chemical weapons watchdog demands answers from Syria after chlorine cylinders destroyed

  The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Syria's government had reported that two cylinders were destroyed by a June 8 airstrike on a Syrian military facility.

  World

  Aug 4, 2021
• Trump dismisses Putin’s call for world leader summit to discuss Iran

  During a news conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, Trump also said he intended to move next week to trigger a "snapback" of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations.

  Politics

  Aug 15, 2020
• Yemen agreement should be implemented ‘without delay’: UN

  The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Wednesday that agreements reached four months ago by the warring parties in Yemen have not been carried out and called for their implementation "without delay."

  World

  Apr 17, 2019
• Witnesses: Men in police garb massacred civilians in Haiti

  Residents thought an official operation was underway when a police truck carrying men in uniform arrived. A massacre unfolded moments later.

  Crime

  Jan 16, 2019
• U.S. vetoes United Nations resolution condemning violence against Palestinians in Gaza

  The United States vetoed on Friday a Kuwait-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Israel's use of force against Palestinian civilians, criticizing it as a "grossly one-sided view" that failed to blame Hamas for the recent violence.

  World

  Jun 1, 2018
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• Japan says Chinese ship was transferring cargo to North Korea, defying sanctions

  Japan on Tuesday said it had detected what appeared to be a Chinese-flagged vessel, 350 km (218 miles) off Shanghai, conducting illegal transfers to a North Korean ship.

  Politics

  May 29, 2018
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• UN calls for immediate halt to ‘all hostile acts’ amid Iran, Israel conflict

  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate halt to “all hostile acts” to avoid “a new conflagration” in the Middle East after Israeli forces bombed Iranian targets inside Syria.

  World

  May 11, 2018