JERUSALEM: UN VOTE REJECTING TRUMP'S EMBASSY MOVE EXPECTED

Trump upended decades of U.S. policy when he said he wouldA recognize Jerusalem as Israel'sA capital... READ MORE›

U.N. COUNCIL MULLS CALL FOR U.S. JERUSALEM DECISION TO BE WITHDRAWN

Trump also plans to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN STATES CALL FOR US PEACE PROPOSALS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

Ambassador Amr Aboulatta said the U.S. decision would have a grave, negative impact on the peace process... READ MORE›

THE WORLD REACTS TO TRUMP'S JERUSALEM DECISION

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday at the request of eight states out of the 15 members... READ MORE›

RUSSIA AGAIN VETOES BID TO RENEW SYRIA GAS ATTACKS PROBE

Russia is wasting our time, US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the council after the vote... READ MORE›

RUSSIA AGAIN VETOES BID TO RENEW SYRIA GAS ATTACKS PROBE

Russia is wasting our time, US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the council after the vote... READ MORE›

SECURITY COUNCIL BACKS ANTA?NIO GUTERRES TO BE NEXT U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL

The Security Council announced that Mr. Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister and former chief of the United Nations refugee agency, had strong support... READ MORE›

CHINA SUPPORTS RUSSIAN POSITION ON SYRIA & AFGHANISTAN - BEIJING

Being the only non-western member of the UN Security Council besides Russia, China has been taking Moscow's side on heated and highly debatable issues... READ MORE›

KOREANS SEPARATED ALMOST A LIFETIME REUNITE BRIEFLY

On Thursday, an additional 90 elderly South Koreans will cross the border for another round of three-day reunions with 188 relatives in the North... READ MORE›

UN VOTE ON IRANNUCLEAR DEALIRRITATES CONGRESS

At least two senior Democrats have joined the Republican leadership in complaining that the Security Council action expected Monday morning would pre-empt the congressional debate... READ MORE›

ALCOHOL WITHOUT THE HANGOVER IN NORTH KOREA

Officials prohibited any photos of North Korean military bases... READ MORE›

UN RESOLUTION URGES COUNTRIES TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE

On Friday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced a summit meeting designed to draw pledges from countries to resettle Syrians... READ MORE›

JITTERS IN TECH WORLD OVER NEW CHINESE SECURITY LAW

Segal added that one recourse would be to argue through the World Trade Organization that what China considers national security concerns are not valid... READ MORE›

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL

Khamenei said referring to the United States and its five negotiating partners... READ MORE›

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION PLANNED BY WORLD POWERS TO DECLARE WAR AGAINST GROUP IN IRAQ AND SYRIA

Isis United Nations Security Council resolution planned by world powers to declare war against group in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MOCKS PUTIN IN FRONT OF UNITED NATIONS

On Monday the Ukrainian delegation pointedly left the hall when Russian President Vladimir Putin started speaking... READ MORE›

US CONFIRMS IT WILL PLACE 250 TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN THREAT

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will host equipment, says Ash Carter, the US defence secretary... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS DPRK'S MISSILE LAUNCH, URGES PEACEFUL SOLUTION

The United Nations Security Council has condemned the latest missile launch by Pyongyang and urged a peaceful solution to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS

MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS ARE NEARING A DEAL WITH FEWER OBSTACLES

Kerry's 16th consecutive day at the talks, and after convening the rest of the United States negotiating team, he met with Mr... 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›

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›

'ONE PRESIDENT AT A TIME': WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS UN-ISRAEL VOTE

An Israeli official on Friday suggested that the Obama administration helped orchestrate the resolution... READ MORE›

IRAN TO STUDY NUCLEAR DEAL BEFORE LAWMAKERS VOTE

For 12 years, great powers have tried to prevent an Iranian nuclear program, Mr. Zarif said... READ MORE›

US SAYS IRANIAN MILITARY FIGURES VISIT TO RUSSIA VIOLATES UN BAN

As the leader of Iran's Quds force, he oversaw the training and equipping of Iraqi Shiite militias that attacked United States troops during the American occupation... READ MORE›

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS

Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›

CHINA BACKS 'FURTHER RESPONSE' TO DPRK NUCLEAR TEST

China is resolutely opposed to the DPRK's nuclear tests, Geng Shuang told a regular news briefing in Beijing... READ MORE›

U.N. BANS FOUR SHIPS OVER NORTH KOREA CONTRABAND, U.S. DELAYS FOUR MORE

U.N. bans four ships over North Korea contraband, U.S. delays four more... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA BOMBARDS SOUTH WITH USED TOILET PAPER

South Korea resumed launches of balloons carrying propaganda into the North in the days after Pyongyang carried out its fourth underground nuclear test on January 6... READ MORE›

NO POINT IN U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL EMERGENCY SESSION WITH NO RESULTS

An additional Security Council resolution that does not significantly increase the international pressure on North Korea is of no value... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF TO PUSH U.S. ALLIES TO DITCH 'COLD WAR PLAYBOOK'

Relations between Moscow and the West have plunged to a post-Cold War low since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region... READ MORE›

EU AGREES TO EXTEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Decisions on sanctions require unanimity so Russia needed to win over only one European Union country to block an extension... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ROCKET DESPITE WARNINGS

South Korea, the United States and Japan also requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council... READ MORE›

North Korea announces trial date for detained American Matthew Miller... READ MORE›

N KOREA LAUNCHES LONG-RANGE ROCKET DESPITE WARNINGS

READ MORE North Korea 'moves up' rocket launch window Multiple UN Security Council resolutions proscribe North Korea's development of its ballistic missile programme... READ MORE›