Gulf states urge UN action to ensure Strait of Hormuz safety
Draft resolution demands Iran halt attacks, pin-point mines and ensure passage of humanitarian aid through strait.
Draft resolution demands Iran halt attacks, pin-point mines and ensure passage of humanitarian aid through strait.
The White House confirms Trump met his national security advisers on Monday to discuss the plan.
France justified abstaining on a UN resolution recognising the slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
An Indonesian soldier has become the sixth UN peacekeeper killed in recent hostilities in southern Lebanon.
UN report says Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel may have breached international humanitarian law.
Devastated sectors in Palestinian enclave include housing, health, education, commerce and agriculture, EU and UN find.
The deadly incident comes just days after Israel and Lebanon announced a 10-day ceasefire.
UN Children’s Fund calls on Israeli authorities to investigate and ‘ensure full accountability’.
UN aid chief Tom Fletcher says that South Sudan is at risk of slipping into ‘full-scale famine and collapse’.
The experts call Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon on April 8 ‘a blatant violation of the UN Charter’.
The nuclear watchdog’s chief says there is a rapid increase in operations at North Korea’s Yongbyon reactor.
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