Last week, the U.S. lost its long-shot bid to indefinitely extend an international arms embargo on Iran and has now moved to a new diplomatic line of attack.

A new, much shorter draft of the resolution circulated by the U.S. states that the arms embargo ``shall continue to apply until the Security Council decides otherwise.''

The coronavirus pandemic has created a 'captive audience' for terrorist groups seeking recruits, according to a United Nations Security Council report.

UN Security Council defeat combined with Chinese charges for detained Canadians marks a major blow.

In trying to earn Canada a seat on the UN Security Council, Trudeau was all show and no go, Scott Thompson says.

The rules-based order is giving way to a great power struggle. Can Canada chart a new path?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the quest for a rotating United Nations Security Council seat a key focus.

Canada has been competing against Norway and Ireland for one of two rotating Security Council seats.

For Canada's UN ambassador physically distant events such as picnics, walks, the odd bicycle ride through Manhattan parks and visits to streets outside the official residences of fellow ambassadors have become features of his last few weeks of campaigning.

Canada lost its last bid for a security council seat in 2010 when tiny Portugal won more support.