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Russia, as expected, blocked on April 24 a United Nations Security Council resolution created in response to reports that the country was developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions.

The United States will use its veto power to oppose a Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition as a member state during a Security Council vote on Thursday evening. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described the Palestinian Authority's effort as premature.

The United Nations is investigating an explosion that wounded three of its personnel and a translator Saturday in southern Lebanon. “This morning, three OGL (UNTSO) military observers and one Lebanese language assistant on a foot patrol along the Blue Line were injured when an explosion occurred near their location,” the statement from Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson…

An Israeli delegation’s planned visit to Washington would have sent the “wrong message” to Hamas if it proceeded as planned, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NewsNation Friday. Netanyahu cancelled the visit after the U.S. abstained from a vote on a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in…

A recent report on the situation in Haiti, where there is intense gang violence, found that sexual violence is severely underreported. The report stated that gangs in the Caribbean country…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for slavery reparations over the transatlantic slave trade, which deprived enslaved people of “education, healthcare, opportunity and prosperity.”  “We call for reparatory justice frameworks, to help overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination,” Guterres said Monday, which marked the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and…

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday criticized the Biden administration’s decision to abstain from a vote on a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, arguing it made Hamas and Iran happy. “Hamas, when they saw the abstention, were thrilled,” Pompeo said on Fox News’s “The Story” with anchor…

Russia and China have vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

The White House praised the recently approved United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence (AI) safety on Thursday, saying it's an important move toward ensuring reliable progress in technology. The U.N. General Assembly approved the resolution, which was suggested by the United States and supported by 123 other countries, according to senior administration officials on Thursday. The proposal includes a…