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.” Continue reading
Residents thought an official operation was underway when a police truck carrying men in uniform arrived. A massacre unfolded moments later. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
The U.S. has given China a draft resolution for tougher U.N. sanctions on North Korea and is hoping for a quick vote on it by the U.N. Security Council. Continue reading
U.S. senators said they agreed on a new bilateral package of sanctions on North Korea. Continue reading
“We have pretty much exhausted all the things that we can do at the Security Council at this point,” Nikki Haley said. Continue reading
Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country’s chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months. Continue reading
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with his counterparts from allies Japan and South Korea and was set to chair a ministerial meeting of the U.N.’s top decision-making body. Continue reading