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The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
September 18, 2026, 5:08 pm
Russia and China veto US proposal for UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions on Iran
Security Council resolution regarding ongoing monitoring of sanctions imposed over Iran’s nuclear program defeated despite 11-2 vote in favor because of Russian and Chinese vetoes; sanctions themselves remain in effect
By Edith M. Lederer
Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane, 2nd from left, vies for the ball with Roma's Brazilian defender Roger, center, during a friendly match between England's Tottenham Hotspurs and Italy's AS Roma at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, July 30, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 16, 2022, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 16: Tweet leads to UN dismissal; UK soccer adopts survivor story
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses reaction to a post on rocket fire, plus Kushner’s book, as environmental reporter Sue Surkes reveals her father-in-law’s Holocaust legacy
By ToI Staff
Tanya Nedashkivs'ka, 57, mourns the death of her husband, killed in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
April 5, 2022, 2:59 pm
UN says signs point to civilians being ‘targeted’ in Bucha
West united in outrage as dozens of bodies found on streets and in mass graves after Russian retreat; witness says she saw soldiers fire on man going to supermarket
By AFP
Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, third right, attends a funeral ceremony for Halil Ibrahim Akkaya, one of dozens of Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, in Bahce, Osmaniye, Turkey, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP)
February 29, 2020, 6:07 am
Turkey, Russia talk amid spiraling tensions in Syria as migrants push west
NATO and UN urge deescalation after dozens of Turkish troops killed in airstrike; nearly 1 million flee Idlib violence, hundreds skirmish with Greek police at border
By Mehmet Guzel and andrew wilks
Illustrative: Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following a reported government airstrike on the rebel-held neighborhood of Tishrin, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 22, 2017. (Msallam Abdalbaset/AFP)
February 23, 2017, 9:39 am
Syrian peace talks to resume with expectations low
‘Am I expecting a breakthrough? No, I am not expecting a breakthrough,’ says UN envoy amid diplomatic deadlock
By AFP
Israel ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses the UN Security Council on January 17, 2017 (Courtesy)
February 14, 2017, 8:33 pm
BDS demonstrators disrupt talk by Israel’s UN ambassador
Danny Danon tells anti-Israel students to ‘sit down instead of inciting – maybe you’ll learn something’
By Sue Surkes
Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, July 29, 2014 (Ron Sachs)
December 23, 2016, 12:56 am
Israeli envoy to US thanks Trump for support at UN
Ron Dermer praises incoming US president as anti-settlements resolution shelved, reportedly after contacts between Cairo and Trump team
By ToI Staff and AP
Professor Sadegh Zibakalam in an interview with Hossein Dehbashi, November 13, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 17, 2016, 5:54 pm
In rare dissent, Iran scholar slams regime’s anti-Israel rhetoric
Professor Sadegh Zibakalam takes on Supreme Leader Khamenei in clip posted by independent, but state-sanctioned website
By ToI Staff
File: An image of a starving child in Madaya, Syria, a city that has been under siege by pro-government forces for six months. (screen capture: YouTube)
February 17, 2016, 7:51 pm
UN aid trucks en route to starving Syrians in rebel-held areas
Seven besieged locations to receive deliveries as envoy negotiates ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Damascus
By Rim Haddad
Palestinians search for their belongings after their home was demolished by the IDF east of the West Bank city of Ramallah September 3, 2015. (Flash90)
September 7, 2015, 10:16 pm
14,000 Palestinian structures under demolition order, UN says
Israel responds that Civil Administration is promoting 13 zoning plans for Palestinians in West Bank, 4 already finalized
By Jonathan Beck
Yukiya Amano of Japan, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna, Austria, June 2, 2014 (AP/Ronald Zak)
August 24, 2015, 11:11 pm
UN says Iran nuclear monitoring to cost $10.47m per year
US, France, Britain and Germany have already agreed to help cover the costs, says IAEA board member
By AP
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 (AP/Dita Alangkara)
June 1, 2015, 3:48 pm
PA prime minister: US promised new talks after Iran deal
Rami Hamdallah says Washington is coordinating with France on United Nations resolution
By ToI Staff
(L-R) High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Canadian Foreign Minister Rob Nicholson, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, US Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pose for a family picture during a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Luebeck, northern Germany, on April 15, 2015. (John Macdougall)
May 29, 2015, 4:06 am
Six foreign ministers headed to Israel
As France readies ‘imposed peace’ push at UN, battery of foreign officials to hold meetings in Jerusalem, Ramallah
By ToI Staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the foreign minister of France, Laurent Fabius, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 August 2013 (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
May 28, 2015, 1:50 pm
Top French diplomat to visit region to jumpstart peace talks
Laurent Fabius pushing for UN resolution setting 18-month time frame for successful negotiations, on pain of Palestinian statehood recognition
By AFP and ToI Staff
An armed man looks at graffiti artists spraying on a wall to commemorate the victims who were killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
May 21, 2015, 6:08 pm
UN says Iran ship with Yemen aid headed to Djibouti
Vessel changed course after US warned it would enforce naval blockade against Houthi rebels
By AP
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