Greek Oil Tanker that Iran-Backed Houthis Hit Becomes ‘Ecological Disaster’ in Red Sea
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield condemned the Houthis for creating an ecological disaster by attacking an oil tanker.
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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield condemned the Houthis for creating an ecological disaster by attacking an oil tanker.
Two Israeli protesters burst into the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday and demanded the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, as Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was chairing a meeting of the body.
Hamas welcomed, but did not accept, a United Nations Security Council resolution that passed Monday, introduced by the U.S., outlining the plan President Joe Biden presented last month for a ceasefire and hostage exchange.
The Biden administration is attempting to impose its “deal” for a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza through the United Nations Security Council, where it introduced a resolution on Monday supporting the proposal.
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution asking the Security Council to vote for Palestinian membership.
The United States used its veto on Thursday at the United Nations (UN) Security Council to block a Palestinian state from being declared unilaterally.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh traveled to Tehran on Tuesday for meetings with senior Iranian officials, a day after the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s campaign against the terrorist organization Haniyeh leads.
Hamas is reportedly refusing to accept Israel’s terms for a hostage deal and ratcheting up its demands after the Biden administration refused to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on Monday calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Democrat President Joe Biden is “destroying US credibility with our allies” and “turning our back on Israel,” according to Republican officials, who are blasting the “anti-Israel” president’s “unconscionable” decision to have the United States abstain from a vote on the U.N. Security Council’s first ceasefire demand in Gaza, in a move that further increased tensions between the Biden administration and Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a meeting between his advisers and White House officials on Monday after the Biden administration let an anti-Israel resolution pass at the United Nations Security Council.
An Israeli Arab Muslim man whose relatives are among the 134 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza confronted the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, demanding to know why his family had been taken captive.
Any form of ceasefire in Gaza “is a win for Hamas,” according to Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who slammed President Joe Biden for “aggressively” pursuing a suspension of Israel’s operations to dismantle the Hamas terror group’s remaining strongholds in Gaza, claiming such a truce would be “betraying” the Jewish state and “bending” to the terrorists’ demands.
The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Tuesday calling for a permanent ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas terrorists in Gaza, but has prepared its own resolution calling for a “temporary” ceasefire.
President Joe Biden plans to introduce a resolution at the United Nations Security Council calling for a temporary “ceasefire” and demanding Israel refrain from conducting an attack on the last Hamas battalions in Gaza that are the key to winning the war.
An unlawful protest Tuesday at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by a radical left-wing group against Israel and in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza appeared to have the assistance of a HuffPost reporter, as well as members of the UN staff.
The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Friday that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, allowing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to continue pounding Hamas terrorists as they began to surrender.
The United Nations Security Council, currently presided over by communist China, held a closed-door meeting on Monday to address the Israel-Hamas war that once again resulted in no consensus, action, or statement by the U.N. body.
Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová has called for her country to leave the United Nations over failures to condemn Hamas terrorists.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres appeared to shift blame onto Israel for the October 7 Hamas attack in which the terrorists slaughtered more than 1,400 people, including infants, women, and the elderly.
Indian External Relations Minister S. Jaishankar declared during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that “the days when a few nations set the agenda and expected others to fall in line are over,” positioning India as a top role model for the developing world.
Russia and North Korea confirmed Thursday that communist dictator Kim Jong-un invited Vladimir Putin to visit Pyongyang, and he accepted.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A week before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia and declared: “We had no choice other than to defend our country – defend it from you, to defend our identity and our future.”
The U.N. Security Council issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the Taliban for excluding women from universities and banning them from working for humanitarian groups.
The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday observed a moment of silence for the passing of former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, the leader who guided China into global influence after the atrocity of Tiananmen Square.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jong-sup, held a joint press conference on Thursday in which they warned North Korea that using nuclear weapons would spell “the end of the Kim regime.”
Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign affairs minister, represented his country at the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Thursday with a brief speech in which he called for reforms in the United Nations Security Council after the Council failed to prevent the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Israel came under fire once again at the United Nations, this time for defending itself against Iran-backed terrorists in Gaza who fired 1100 rockets into the country over the weekend.
China recently blocked a joint attempt by the U.S. and India to have the U.N. Security Council recognize a Pakistan-based terrorist named Abdul Rehman Makki as a “global terrorist,” the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Friday.
Chinese warplanes allegedly harassed a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) plane “on several occasions” from April 26 to May 26 as it attempted to monitor possible sanction evasion activities by Pyongyang in international airspace near North Korea, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday called for restrictions to the veto power of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC). The member uppermost on their minds was Russia, which has used its veto power to block resolutions condemning its own invasion of Ukraine.
Abdallah bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden — the former leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group — allegedly traveled to Afghanistan in October 2021 to meet with the Taliban, India Today reported on Sunday citing a United Nations (U.N.) report published February 3.
The United States on Thursday called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the tense situation between Russia and Ukraine.
Emmanuel Macron is said to be willing to trade control of France’s permanent seat on the UN Security Council to Brussels for an EU Army.
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday – without support from Russia and China – requesting that Taliban terrorists respect human rights in Afghanistan.
An internal United Nations document reveals that Taliban terrorists have physically assaulted U.N. staffers in Afghanistan, Reuters reported on Wednesday, having claimed to obtain the document.
The United Nations Security Council echoed the Taliban’s call for an “inclusive” Afghanistan in a statement on Monday, calling for an “inclusive and representative” new government that includes “the full, equal and meaningful participation of women.” The U.N. also urged the Taliban
The Israeli embassy in Beijing on Wednesday accused China of “blatant anti-Semitism” after a state TV report on U.S. foreign policy broached Jewish conspiracy theories to explain the ongoing Palestinian Hamas terrorist violence.
The United States “harms Muslims” and “obviously” discriminates against them, China’s state-run Global Times propaganda outlet declared Monday, simultaneously condemning America for repudiating China’s genocide of Muslim communities at home.
The United Nations (U.N.) draft joint security council statement calling for a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror group does not mention Palestinian Hamas rockets.
Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court on Monday approved three of the 51 applications submitted to run for president in the May 26 election.