The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to elect Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term in the...
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday was choosing five new non-permanent members of the Security Council, with Belgium, Germany and South Africa...
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis warned Friday it would be a "strategic blunder" to pull out of Syria before UN-led peace efforts had made progress.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday calling for increased representation of young people in efforts to prevent conflict and...
On a shelf in a cramped office on the outskirts of Moscow, businessman Igor Michurin has a framed photograph of himself shaking hands with one of his...
The accounts are horrific. A young girl strangled and gang-raped. Children burned alive as government soldiers blocked the door of their hut and set it aflame.
The Iran-backed Houthis have put in place a list of conditions in return for their full withdrawal from the Hudaida port, Yemeni political sources said.
While rarely in the public eye in the past, Lebanon’s Navy is set for an increased role in the country’s security as the first oil and gas explorations start...
Britain's defense secretary said Saturday that his country's military will continue monitoring North Korean vessels suspected of carrying prohibited goods as...
Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral Saturday of a young female volunteer medic killed by Israeli fire in violence on the border in southern Gaza.
The United States vetoed Friday an Arab-backed U.N. draft resolution calling for protection measures for the Palestinians that won backing from 10 countries...
The U.S. is vowing to veto an Arab-backed resolution that asks the U.N. chief to propose measures to ensure "international protection" for Palestinian...
The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Thursday at 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) on a draft resolution put forward by Kuwait calling for the protection of...
Kuwait Wednesday blocked a U.S.-drafted U.N. Security Council statement that would have strongly condemned Palestinian rocket firings from the Gaza Strip on...
Two million dead people walking, including starving children; over 60 percent unemployment among young people; children and the elderly dying due to a lack of...
Following elections, Iraq must move quickly to form a government that can overcome sectarian divisions and push ahead with badly-needed reforms, the U.N....
Israel said it struck 25 more Hamas sites overnight after a barrage of rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, denying Palestinian claims of a ceasefire...
The Israel-Gaza border fell quiet Wednesday under a de facto cease-fire after the most intense flare-up of hostilities between Palestinian armed groups and...
The United Nations is investigating attacks on hospitals and clinics in Syria that were carried out after information on their location was shared with...
Hamas and allied Islamic Jihad launched their heaviest barrages against Israel since the 2014 Gaza war Tuesday and Israeli aircraft struck back, in a surge of...