Antonio Guterres

Soldiers stand near a car used by members of the TIPH, Temporary International Presence in Hebron on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

February 3, 2019, 3:26 am

UN head backs international observer mission booted from Hebron

Antonio Guterres says he’s in talks with relevant parties to ‘ensure protection of civilians’ after Palestinian official calls for help to save TIPH

By AP and Jacob Magid

Antonio Guterres delivering remarks at the opening of the exhibit 'Beyond Duty: Righteous Diplomats among the Nations.' (UN/Manuel Elias)

January 29, 2019, 5:36 am

UN chief: World must rise up against worsening anti-Semitism

Antonio Guterres tells Holocaust commemoration event that international community should not ignore similarities between today and 1930s, says hate moving into mainstream

By AP and TOI staff

Plumes of smoke rise from Europe's largest lignite power plant in Belchatow, central Poland, November 28, 2018. Fossil fuels are now heating the earth faster than scientists had expected even a few years ago. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

January 24, 2019, 1:07 pm

UN chief warns: ‘We are losing the race’ on climate change

Guterres says Paris accord is insufficient, calls on world leaders to provide financial aid to poorer countries

By AFP

Opposition demonstrators clash with security forces during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro on the anniversary of the 1958 uprising that overthrew the military dictatorship, in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 23, 2019. (Yuri Cortez/AFP)

January 24, 2019, 1:07 pm

UN head urges dialogue in Venezuela to avert ‘disaster’

Antonio Guterres says an escalation in violence after Guaido declared himself president would have bad consequences for the region

By Agencies

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrive for a meeting at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

January 15, 2019, 2:15 am

UN chief backs 2-state solution in talks with Abbas

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said to give strong backing for Palestinian state, offers congratulations on election of the Palestinians to preside over the Group of 77

By Agencies

Outgoing IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot sits with his wife, Chana, and granddaughter at a farewell ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on January 13, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 13, 2019, 11:41 pm

At farewell ceremony, PM salutes outgoing IDF chief for fighting Iran

Netanyahu says Eisenkot had ‘not one day’ without work during his four-year tenure as army commander, and Israelis only aware of a ‘tiny fraction’

By Judah Ari Gross

A blast caused by an Israeli airstrike on Iranian targets in the Damascus International Airport on January 11, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

January 13, 2019, 12:04 pm

In rare acknowledgement, Israel confirms strike on Iran weapons caches in Syria

Netanyahu: IAF hit ‘Iranian depots full of Iranian weapons’ at Damascus Airport; Assad regime accuses US of helping Israel ‘get away’ with attacks

By Judah Ari Gross

This frame grab from a video provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows missiles flying into the sky near Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, December 25, 2018. (SANA via AP)

January 12, 2019, 7:22 pm

Syria files UN complaint after alleged Israeli airstrikes near Damascus airport

Syrian military source says target likely a depot near airport; Assad regime accuses US of helping Israel ‘get away’ with attacks

By AFP and TOI staff

In this photo taken on December 15, 2014, Jamal Khashoggi looks on at a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

December 16, 2018, 2:25 pm

UN calls for ‘credible’ probe into Khashoggi murder

At conference in Saudi Arabia’s Gulf rival Qatar, world body’s chief Antonio Guterres calls it ‘essential’ that Saudi journalist’s killers be punished

By AFP

Posters showing Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas with a text reading “Eliminate the sponsers of murder” on the side of the road near the West Bank settlement of Geva Binyamin, December 11, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

December 12, 2018, 7:17 pm

Palestinians to protest to Security Council over ads calling for death of Abbas

Envoy says letter urging international community to take action to be circulated, after posters appear across West Bank showing PA leader’s head in crosshairs

By Adam Rasgon

African migrants gather during a protest in Lewinsky park in Tel Aviv on January 09, 2014. (Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

December 10, 2018, 1:46 pm

UN conference adopts migration pact; Israel, 6 other countries on fence

Jewish state one of 7 nations described by global body’s special representative as ‘still engaged in further internal deliberations’

By AFP and TOI staff

British Minister of State for the Department for International Development Alistair Burt address a meeting of the United Nations Security Council during the UN General Assembly, September 21, 2017 at UN headquarters. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

December 6, 2018, 12:20 am

London, Berlin condemn Hezbollah tunnels, back Israeli border operation

Diplomats for European nations say Lebanese terror group showing ‘blatant disregard’ for UN resolutions in its ‘aggressive behavior’ along Israel’s northern frontier

By TOI staff

An Israel Defense Forces delegation meets with UN peacekeepers and representatives of the Lebanese Armed Forces at the Israel-Lebanon border, December 5, 2018. (IDF spokesperson)

December 5, 2018, 10:33 pm

Israel says it shared tunnel details with Lebanon and UN, calls for sanctions

Netanyahu calls UN chief Guterres to update him on Operation Northern Shield, urges world condemnation of Hezbollah for violating Israeli territory, breaking UN resolution

By TOI staff and Agencies

US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington DC on June 20, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)

December 4, 2018, 9:55 pm

Haley tells UN Washington takes vote on Hamas ‘very seriously’

Ahead of GA vote on resolution condemning terror group, US ambassador urges countries to ‘vote against any amendments or other efforts to undermine adoption of the text’

By AFP and TOI staff

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh delivering a speech in Gaza City, on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

December 3, 2018, 11:24 pm

Hamas head asks international community to thwart UN resolution

Haniyeh tells Arab League secretary-general and Qatari foreign minister to ‘abort’ US-drafted text condemning terror group; sends letter to UN secretary-general

By Adam Rasgon