Turkey condemns `unacceptable` Israeli settlement law
Turkey on Tuesday condemned a new Israeli law legalising dozens of Jewish settlements built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, as a senior government minister was visiting Tel Aviv in the first such trip in seven years.
Feb 07, 2017, 14:38 PM IST
UN lifts sanctions on notorious Afghan warlord
The UN Security Council has lifted sanctions on the notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, previously branded "a global terrorist" and accused of widespread human rights abuses.
Feb 04, 2017, 14:54 PM IST
UN Security Council to hold urgent talks on Iran missile test
The UN Security Council will hold urgent talks Tuesday on Iran`s test-firing of a medium-range missile, diplomats said.
Jan 31, 2017, 08:32 AM IST
UN Security Council adopts resolution supporting Syria ceasefire, peace talks
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the Syria ceasefire arrangement brokered by Russia and Turkey as well as a new peace talks plan among Syrian conflict parties.
Jan 01, 2017, 09:41 AM IST
Russia asks UN Security Council to endorse Syria ceasefire
The Security Council met behind closed doors for an hour to consider a proposed resolution endorsing the ceasefire that Russia and Turkey announced on Thursday.
Dec 30, 2016, 22:46 PM IST
Only two-state solution can solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict: John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry laid out a proposal for peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, less than a month before the Trump administration takes office and at a low point in US-Israeli relations.
Dec 28, 2016, 22:43 PM IST
Israel says `reducing` ties with nations over UN vote
Israel`s foreign ministry said Tuesday the country was "reducing" ties with nations that voted for last week`s UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to settlement building in Palestinian territory.
Dec 27, 2016, 21:10 PM IST
Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault
That all of Jerusalem is their country`s capital is a consensus view among Israelis.
Hamas welcomes landmark UN vote on Israel settlements
The UN Security Council yesterday demanded that Israel halt settlements in Palestinian territory, after the US refrained from vetoing the resolution condemning its closest Middle East ally.
Dec 24, 2016, 17:20 PM IST
UN vote on Israeli settlements - why is it significant
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution urging Israel to cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Dec 24, 2016, 08:00 AM IST
Israel rejects UN settler vote, lashes out at Obama administration
Israel lashed out at US President Barack Obama over a UN Security Council resolution passed on Friday.
Dec 24, 2016, 03:04 AM IST
UN Security Council passes resolution to end Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory; US abstains from vote
The Obama administration on Friday allowed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements.
Dec 24, 2016, 01:10 AM IST
UN Security Council rejects arms embargo on South Sudan
The UN Security Council has defeated a US-sponsored resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and three key figures in the conflict in the world's newest nation.
Dec 23, 2016, 23:22 PM IST
Egypt`s Sisi, Trump agreed in call on UN Israel vote delay
Egypt agreed to postpone a UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements when US president-elect Donald Trump called President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the presidency said Friday.
Dec 23, 2016, 13:04 PM IST
UN Security Council postpones vote on Israeli settlements
The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed a contentious vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt its settlement activities as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in and said the United States should veto the measure.
Dec 23, 2016, 03:07 AM IST
Thousands leave Aleppo as UN backs sending observers
Thousands of traumatised Syrians left the rebel enclave of Aleppo Monday as the UN voted to deploy observers there and said it planned new peace talks in Geneva in February.
Dec 20, 2016, 02:01 AM IST
UNSC vote on monitoring Aleppo evacuation today
The UN Security Council, which agreed on a draft resolution aimed at ensuring that its officials can monitor evacuations from the Syrian city of Aleppo, will vote on the text on Monday.
Dec 19, 2016, 10:10 AM IST
Urgent need for global convention on terrorism: India
India has criticised the lack of "collective will" for a long-pending global convention on terrorism and called for its urgent adoption, asserting that proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-state actors constitutes one of the biggest threats to world peace.
Dec 16, 2016, 15:12 PM IST
United Nations divided over US measure on South Sudan
The UN Security Council decided to extend for one day the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to allow more time for negotiations on a new measure to bolster its mandate.
Dec 16, 2016, 11:10 AM IST