CHRISTIE BLOCKED AT VIP ENTRANCE TO NEWARK AIRPORT

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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›

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›

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›

VITALY CHURKIN RUSSIAS UN AMBASSADOR DIES AT 64

Vitaly was a master of diplomacy, said Francois Delattre, France's envoy to the United Nations... 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›

Abby Haglage in the Daily Beast says Dr Spencer's case could affect Ebola patients worldwide - by deterring would-be volunteers from travelling to West Africa to help... 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›

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL

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

CUBAN FLAG FLIES AT EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON

The move signaled the latest and most visible step toward normal ties between the United States and Cuba... 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›

Dr Craig Spencer A doctor recently returned from Guinea is in isolation at a New York city hospital... 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›

POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'

He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... 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›

AS US AND CUBA RELATIONS WARM PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE IS REVIVED

Cuba, too, has claims against the United States that the government is likely to raise in any discussion about compensating Americans... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

POPE FRANCIS TO TALK CLIMATE MIGRANTS AT UNITEDNATIONS

Francis visit to the United Nations will be the fifth by a pope... READ MORE›

CUBA TO OBAMA: END EMBARGO AND CLOSE GITMO

Obama in his speech Monday to the United Nations General Assembly also called on Congress to lift the decades-long embargo on the former Cold War rival... READ MORE›

KERRY WARNS IRAN THAT US WILL NOT ACCEPT AN UNSOUND NUCLEAR DEAL

The six world powers negotiating with Iran are the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China... 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›

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS

In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›

NEW YORK'S ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER SPIRE LIT BLUE, WHITE AND RED IN SOLIDARITY WITH FRANCE

Paris attacks New York's One World Trade Center spire lit blue, white and red in solidarity with France... READ MORE›

TRUMP PLANS 28 PERCENT CUT IN BUDGET FOR STATE DEPARTMENT, USAID

The United States is the largest contributor to the United Nations, paying 22 percent of the 5.4 billion core U.N... READ MORE›