DEAL REACHED ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM LIMITS ON FUEL WOULD LESSEN WITH TIME

Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran after decades of coups hostage-taking terrorism and sanctions remains a bigger question... READ MORE›

HEAD OF GROUP OPPOSING IRAN ACCORD QUITS POST SAYING HE BACKS DEAL

The aim was to strengthen the international economic sanctions against Iran, which Mr. Samore was convinced had been mounting a clandestine effort to develop nuclear weapons... READ MORE›

AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST

The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›

US AND CHINA NEGOTIATE ARMS DEAL FOR CYBERSPACE

Mr. Obama, who has said little about the United States' development of cyberweapons during his presidency, has begun to talk about it in recent days... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES

In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›

European officials have suggested in recent days that an agreement is closer than the 50-50 assessment by Obama administration officials... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

ISIS COULD BECOME 'WORLDS FIRST TRULY TERRORIST STATE' AND BOMB UK WITH NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS, THERESA MAY WARNS

Isis could become world's first truly terrorist state and bomb uk with nuclear and chemical weapons theresa may warns... READ MORE›

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS

In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›

But travel restrictions imposed by the government in Kiev had also made it harder for civilians to escape conflict areas, the United Nations said... READ MORE›

DISSIDENT GROUP ALLEGES NEW SECRET NUKE SITE IN IRAN

She called on the United States to demand that Iran provide the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency immediate access to the site... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: IRAN'S OCT 10 MISSILE TEST VIOLATED U.N. BAN - EXPERT PANEL

Security Council resolution 1929, which bans ballistic missile tests, was adopted in 2010 and remains valid until the nuclear deal is implemented... READ MORE›

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

IRAN MAY HAVE BUILT EXTENSION AT DISPUTED MILITARY SITE

The IAEA report said the agency was still reviewing the PMD information Iran provided... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS A FINAL HURDLE IN IRAN TALKS DEALS WITH CONVENTIONAL NOT NUCLEAR ARMS

It is far from clear that the arms embargo will be a deal stopper... READ MORE›

BLASTS, GUNFIRE NEAR SARINAH SHOPPING MALL IN CENTRAL JAKARTA

The explosions occurred near Sarinah, a shopping mall in Central Jakarta, near office buildings and fast food outlets... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA

To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›

US COULD LIFT SANCTIONS BEFORE IRAN ACCOUNTING

Government knows so much about Iran's nuclear weapons program, Mr... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS NOW THE HARDEST PART MAKING THE IRAN DEAL WORK

WASHINGTON Iranian engineers on Sunday are expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects of nuclear dismantlement in history... READ MORE›

NEXT STEPS IN PUTTING IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL INTO EFFECT

The United States will waive many of its nuclear-related sanctions blocking business with Iran, starting on implementation day... READ MORE›

IAEA SAYS IRAN URANIUM STOCKPILE REDUCED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN

VIENNA Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas dropped below the maximum level required under a 2013 interim nuclear agreement with world powers a U.N... READ MORE›

IRAN TALKS HINGE ON DISCLOSURE AND INSPECTIONS RULES

But an accurate assessment of the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program is impossible without the participation of him and his colleagues... READ MORE›

'TIME RUNNING OUT' FOR IRAN DEAL

Talks are focusing on the lifting of Western sanctions on Iran in exchange for a scaling-back of Iran's uranium enrichment programme... READ MORE›

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS

The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›

70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE

70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›