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The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
June 3, 2026, 10:31 pm
Germany misses out as five new countries elected as UN Security Council members
Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe to serve two-year terms on council beginning in January, replacing Somalia, Pakistan, Panama, Denmark and Greece
By Reuters
Screen capture from video of UN Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee, 2025. (United Nations)
June 2, 2026, 3:01 pm
At UN Security Council, envoys blame Hezbollah for Lebanon violence, pan Israeli response
Assistant secretary-general says Israel’s push into northern neighbor violates UN resolution, as does Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm; France holds terror group, Iran responsible for fighting
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Residents flee their homes after Israel ordered attacks on Hezbollah sites in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut on June 1, 2026. (FADEL itani / AFP)
June 1, 2026, 11:00 am
Israel says it will renew strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut after lobbying for US green light
Announcement comes after Hezbollah, battering northern Israel and hitting IDF troops in Lebanon, reportedly rejects US de-escalation offer; UNSC set to discuss expanded IDF ground op ahead of more peace talks between countries
By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement in front of an IDF photo of Beaufort Castle on May 31, 2026 (Screenshot / Omer Miron /GPO)
May 31, 2026, 7:04 pm
‘We returned stronger than ever’: Netanyahu hails capture of Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle
PM vows ‘dramatic shift’ in policy against Hezbollah as barrages Sunday trigger sirens in Acre, Haifa area, injure 4 soldiers near Beit Hillel; France seeks emergency UNSC session over Israel’s advances
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and AFP
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 20, 2026, 1:55 am
Board of Peace urges countries that promised funds for Gaza to pay up
Document obtained by ToI acknowledges ‘gap’ between the $17B pledged to reconstruct Strip and actual donations; Smotrich nixes US request to transfer withheld PA funds to US-led body
By Jacob Magid
Members of the Security Council listen as Ambassador Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi of Yemen speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
May 5, 2026, 10:01 pm
Draft UN resolution threatens sanctions on Iran unless it opens Strait of Hormuz
Security Council resolution co-sponsored by US, Gulf nations comes amid American effort to escort ships through waterway blocked by Iran; if passed, it could be enforced militarily
By AP and ToI Staff
French contingent vehicles serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) cross the Qasmiyeh Bridge heading toward Sidon and Beirut, on April 19, 2026. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)
April 23, 2026, 5:55 pm
UN might keep presence in south Lebanon once UNIFIL mandate ends, says official
UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix says Beirut is ‘very clear that they would want to keep a UN presence,’ after Security Council voted last year to end peacekeeping force
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A map of the Gulf locating Strait of Hormuz and the ports of Jask and Kharg Island in Iran. (Laurence SAUBADU/AFP)
April 7, 2026, 8:50 am
UN expected to vote on watered-down Hormuz resolution that omits military action
After China scuttles resolution greenlighting use of force, Security Council declaws proposal to reopen strait, which now urges ‘defensive’ efforts to ensure ships’ safe passage
By Reuters
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 2, 2026, 2:00 pm
UK to gather more than 30 countries to discuss methods of reopening Strait of Hormuz
Starmer says talks to assess ‘all viable diplomatic and political measures’ to restore waterway’s use; US not participating; Bahrain’s Hormuz resolution runs into fresh obstacles at UN
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Armed members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad greet people gathering for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
March 25, 2026, 1:33 am
Board of Peace envoy lays out principles of disarmament plan presented to Hamas
Mladenov confirms phased nature of offer given to terror group, urges UN Security Council to rally around it; warns Israel that further military control of Gaza won’t bring security
By Jacob Magid
Security and rescue forces respond at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 24, 2026, 7:37 am
4 people lightly hurt, buildings mangled as Iranian missile attack hits Tel Aviv
Wounded did not require hospital; IDF says it struck Islamic Guards HQ in Tehran; UN Security Council negotiating draft resolution demanding Iran halt Hormuz attacks
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers and Agencies
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a draft resolution during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on March 11, 2026, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
March 12, 2026, 3:48 am
UN Security Council demands Iran halt attacks on Gulf states
Iran’s allies Russia and China abstain, allowing resolution to pass; measure also condemns Islamic Republic for ‘interfering with international navigation through Strait of Hormuz’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon points toward the Iranian delegation during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on February 28, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
March 1, 2026, 8:34 am
US, Israel defend strikes on Iran as lawful at heated UN Security Council meeting
Islamic Republic’s ambassador calls death of civilians amid joint attack a crime against humanity; US counterpart trades barbs over regime’s mass killing of protesters last month
By AP and Jacob Magid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council at the United Nations office in Geneva on February 23, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
February 28, 2026, 10:35 pm
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on US-Israeli strikes against Iran
Russia and others request special session over ‘unprovoked act of armed aggression’; Tehran urges council take ‘immediate’ action, also calls for urgent IAEA meeting
By AFP
General view of a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran at the United Nations headquarters in New York on January 15, 2026. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
February 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
UN Security Council discusses Gaza, West Bank moves ahead of Board of Peace meeting
UN brings forward debate to avoid clash with inaugural meeting of Trump’s new board; Palestinian envoy calls for countries to halt Israel’s extension of control over West Bank
By AP and ToI Staff
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