The United Nations called Thursday for a temporary halt in military bombardments around the Islamic State’s stronghold in Raqqa, Syria, to help thousands of civilians flee the terror group’s de facto capital, with a top official saying he “cannot think of a worse place on Earth” than ISIS-held Raqqa.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visited the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog Wednesday, voicing U.S. concerns about Iran’s compliance with the controversial Obama-era nuclear deal — just as the Trump administration is investigating whether to declare the Islamic regime in compliance with the deal in October.
TEL AVIV — Meetings between the Palestinian Authority and American government delegates led by President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner are “a waste of time,” Dr. Wasel Abu Yousef, director of the Palestinian Liberation Front and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee, told Breitbart Jerusalem.
A U.N. panel of experts slammed the U.S. Wednesday for allegedly failing to “unequivocally” reject racism and violence in places such as Charlottesville, Virginia, and urged the U.S. to ensure rights are not “misused” to promote hatred and racism.
North Korea’s state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, published two editorials Wednesday threatening the use of “absolute force” against “mad guy” President Donald Trump and a “barrage of fire” over South Korea.
UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. and Israel are trying to prevent the notoriously anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council from publishing a blacklist of companies who do business in Israeli settlements due out later this year.
With former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon out of the White House, globalists and hawkish interventionists in the Trump administration are reportedly wasting no time in pushing for a bigger U.S. military footprint abroad.
A museum in Queens has backtracked after initially canceling an agreement with Israel’s U.N. mission to host an event.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres continued the U.N.’s preference for dialogue and negotiations in dealing with the socialist dictatorship of Venezuela, dismissing President Trump’s consideration of possible military action in the region.
Nikki Haley urged the international community Tuesday not to let Iran “use the nuclear deal to hold the world hostage.”
AMMAN, Jordan — United Nations agencies have expressed “deep concern” for the safety and security of nearly 50,000 Syrians stranded in the desert near their war-wracked country’s southern border with Jordan.
The United Nations Human Rights Council is now demanding President Trump enact a full open borders policy that would release more than 350,000 illegal aliens and foreign refugees into the public.
The Palestinian leadership is considering turning to international institutions including the UN afresh, if US President Donald Trump’s administration fails to revive a “serious” peace process, Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad said on Monday.
At least one U.N. employee was reportedly arrested this week amid a growing scandal at a U.N. agency in Gaza in which a number of employees are being investigated for allegedly aiding Hamas.
The number of illegal migrants travelling to Spain by sea or forcing the borders of its North African exclaves has risen so much that it may soon overtake Greece as the second major entry point to Europe, according to the United Nations Migration Agency.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group is still capable of sending funds to supporters and motivating attacks in Europe and elsewhere despite military pressure and falling revenue — and al-Qaida remains resilient especially in West Africa, East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, U.N. experts said in a report circulated Thursday.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Vienna this month to consult with the U.N.’s atomic watchdog on Iran’s compliance with the controversial Obama-era nuclear deal, Breitbart News confirmed Wednesday.
TEL AVIV – Israel will not allow United Nations agencies to “become branches of the Hamas terrorist organization,” the ambassador to the international body said after it was revealed that a UN employee in the Gaza Strip had been arrested by the Shin Bet security agency over “involvement in security offenses.”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appointed Alison Smale, a veteran foreign correspondent and editor who has reported major stories for nearly 40 years, as the United Nations’ new communications chief.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has urged the UN to up its efforts in Lebanon to stop the movement of illegal arms to Hezbollah terrorists — the latest move by Haley as she seeks to crack down on the terrorist group’s movements in the region.
A top United Nations development agency is carrying out a project to make North Korea – a country where most residents are in the dark at night and where many of its people are starving – more ozone-friendly.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that his nation will be forced to make the largest sacrifices to adhere to new U.N. sanctions against North Korea, as it is one of the few remaining nations that maintains any economic ties to the rogue communist state.
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and President Donald Trump got their lines crossed Tuesday when Haley slammed a FoxNews.com report on North Korean maneuvers as “incredibly dangerous” — but only after Trump had retweeted the story.
President Trump’s tough stance on China was vindicated Saturday when the U.N. Security Council voted to slap significant sanctions on North Korea, with China voting in favor of the tough sanctions – a major win for Trump’s hard edged stance toward the geopolitical foe.
North Korea lashed out with the expected venom and threats of violence after crushing new sanctions were imposed by a unanimous vote of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday. Although the unanimous vote means North Korea’s patrons in China and Russia agreed with the Trump administration’s push for heavier sanctions, Pyongyang’s ire was focused largely on Washington.
NEW YORK CITY – The Trump administration notified the United Nations Friday of its intention to leave the Paris climate accord, the latest in a series of formal steps the administration needs to take to leave the agreement in 2020.
NEW YORK CITY — The United Nations Security Council Saturday voted unanimously to slap major sanctions on North Korea in a major win for Trump’s hardline approach to China, and for U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley — who pulled a rabbit out of a hat in pressuring China and Russia to avoid using their veto power.
A draft U.N. Security Council resolution, seen by Breitbart News, would hit North Korea with a fresh wave of sanctions and aim at the regime’s key exports of coal, iron, lead, and even seafood in response to its recent missile launches – although the resolution’s fate in the Security Council is far from certain.
The UK should double the number of refugees it takes in, a senior United Nations (UN) official has urged, claiming asylum seekers “revive” parts of the country.
China’s U.N. ambassador has been advocating for the international community to support a four-point proposal released by President Xi Jinping to guide Israeli-Palestinian negotiations leading to the creation of a Palestinian state.
UNITED NATIONS — The U.S., along with three European allies, wrote to the U.N. Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday, warning the U.N. not to back down in the face of Iranian aggression after the regime launched a rocket last week that has the potential to be converted into a ballistic missile.
Cape Verde has announced that it will no longer vote against Israel in the United Nations, the Prime Minister’s Office said Wednesday.
The Egyptian Ambassador to the United Nations, speaking in his role as the president of the Security Council, told reporters Wednesday that he does not see the crisis gripping Venezuela as a matter for the Council, as he claims it does not harm international peace and security.
UNITED NATIONS—The Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations, responding to fiery statements from the Trump administration on North Korea, blamed the U.S. and North Korea for escalating tensions in the region.
NEW YORK CITY–U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley brushed off reports that the U.S. is seeking an emergency Security Council session over North Korea.
UNITED NATIONS — President Trump’s daughter Ivanka went to the U.N. Friday for a private lunch with Secretary-General António Guterres — in what she later said was a discussion on “women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, and workforce development.”
Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad H. Mansour justified the brutal murder of three members of an Israeli Jewish family last Friday, in comments earlier this week at the UN.
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley targeted the U.N.’s anti-Israel bias and weak stance on Iran and Hezbollah Tuesday — grilling the Security Council for not even saying the terror group’s name in resolutions.
UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations on Monday refused to condemn the butchering of an Israeli family by a Palestinian terrorist last week, telling reporters “do not expect all Palestinians to be angels.”
Amnesty International released a report on Monday warning of sexual violence “on a massive scale” in South Sudan, leaving thousands to battle “mental distress and stigma with nowhere to turn for help.”
