Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Newly appointed secretary general of the Executive Committee of the PLO Hussein al-Sheikh gives an interview to The Associated Press at his office Ramallah, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

September 30, 2022, 2:22 am

Top Abbas aide to meet with senior Biden officials in Washington next week

Hussein al-Sheikh likely to meet with national security adviser, CIA officials as Ramallah seeks to push US to play more active role in de-escalating and solving the conflict

By Jacob Magid

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in the West Bank city of Jenin on September 28, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

September 29, 2022, 3:40 am

US sounds alarm over West Bank violence at White House, UN, State Department

State Dept. spokesman highlights over 100 Palestinians killed in West Bank, 30 in Gaza, since start of 2022, in addition to 20 Israelis civilians killed in terror attacks

By Jacob Magid

US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a press conference, in the United Nations Security Council, September 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

September 16, 2022, 11:47 pm

US envoy to UN vows to ‘continue pressure’ on Iran ahead of General Assembly

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield says no plans for meetings on nuclear deal during gathering of world leaders next week; dissidents demand Iranian president be barred from speaking

By Luke Tress

A display about an alleged Russian Filtration Operation is presented during a press conference by the US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, in the United Nations Security Council, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

September 8, 2022, 11:57 am

US: Over 900,000 Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia, some have disappeared

Washington’s envoy tells UN Security Council that ‘filtration’ operations include incidents of torture, children separated from parents; Russian envoy dismisses claim as ‘fantasy’

By Edith M. Lederer

A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Chinese humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 30, 2022. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

August 30, 2022, 8:50 am

Sanctions on Taliban putting 6 million Afghans at risk of famine, UN warns

Russian envoy accuses Washington of destroying and robbing country with 20-year occupation; US ambassador points to oppressive Kabul regime, its support for terror

By Edith M. Lederer

Israeli troops prevent Palestinian, Israeli and foreign peace activists from moving a rock that is blocking a road that passes close to the Israeli Jewish settlement of Mitzpe Yair, Masafer Yatta, West Bank، Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

May 27, 2022, 1:44 am

US envoy, lawmakers warn Israel against ousting Palestinians from South Hebron Hills

Envoy to UN raises concern at UNSC, 83 Dems write to Blinken asking US to intervene after court okays plan to evict 1,300 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta to build IDF training zone

By Jacob Magid

In this photo from June 13, 2018, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks to the General Assembly before a vote to condemn Israeli actions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, at UN headquarters in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP)

May 18, 2022, 8:06 pm

Calling Obama administration ‘cowardly,’ Danny Danon releases book on UN tenure

In ‘Lion’s Den,’ veteran Likudnik writes on Russia’s surprising help at Turtle Bay, laments current Israeli coalition’s ‘inexperience’ at the top

By Lazar Berman

Protesters hold candles and a photo of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while covering clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen during an IDF raid in Jenin, in Haifa on May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

May 11, 2022, 9:44 pm

US demands ‘immediate and thorough’ probe into journalist’s death in West Bank

American ambassador to the UN calls Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing ‘really horrifying’; State Department spokesperson says ‘those responsible must be held accountable’

By TOI staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

In this image from UNTV video, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya, holds up a phone as he speaks an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council at UN headquarters, Feb. 23, 2022. (UNTV via AP)

February 24, 2022, 8:35 am

‘It’s too late’: Russian assault on Ukraine came mid-UN meeting to prevent war

During session meant to avert conflict, Kyiv’s envoy informed Security Council that Russia was bombing his country, told his Moscow counterpart war criminals ‘go straight to hell’

By Agencies

Protesters hold placards demanding sanctions during a rally outside the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affair in Kyiv on February 21, 2022 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

February 22, 2022, 10:03 am

US, UK, EU set to impose sanctions after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

Washington said to have urged Ukraine’s Zelensky to move to west of country for safety; US envoy to UN: Putin’s ‘outrageous, false claims’ are creating pretext for war

By TOI staff and Agencies

An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, January 27, 2022 (AP Photo/ Alexei Alexandrov)

January 30, 2022, 10:49 pm

US to pressure Russia at UN over Ukraine crisis, readies ‘mother of all sanctions’

As lawmakers mull type and timing of penalties, Washington’s UN envoy says Moscow to be pressed hard during Security Council meeting on Monday

By Jim Heintz and Ellen Knickmeyer

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki speaks during a press conference at the International Criminal Court, May 22, 2018. (Mike Corder/AP)

January 20, 2022, 8:32 am

Palestinian FM: US approach will spell ‘funeral’ for two-state solution

Riyad Malki tells UN Security Council Biden administration not doing enough to end Trump policies and move Israel toward peace talks

By AP and TOI staff

Israeli forces stand by the ruins of a Palestinian house demolished in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem on January 19, 2022 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

January 20, 2022, 12:43 am

US pans eviction of Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah home

Biden envoy joins rest of retooled UN Security Council in describing move as likely to undercut peace efforts, but Israel says family booted from house in Jerusalem ‘stole land’

By Jacob Magid

A meeting of the United Nations Security Council is held, on Thursday, September 23, 2021, during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. (AP/John Minchillo, Pool)

January 4, 2022, 11:26 pm

UAE, four others join powerful UN Security Council

Israel has welcomed new members, who all have positive ties with Jerusalem, and expressed hope in shift away from focus on Jewish state with exit of Tunisia and others

By AP and TOI staff

In this photo released by the US Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a US Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (US Air Force/Senior Airman Jerreht Harris via AP)

December 1, 2021, 2:31 pm

Daily Briefing Dec. 1 – Did Israel get it all wrong on Iran?

US correspondent Jacob Magid assesses Israel’s efforts to stop Tehran from attaining nuclear capability; reporter Amy Spiro looks at Hanukkah’s burgeoning place in popular culture

By TOI staff