UN Security Council

UN official condemns ‘de facto authorities’ assault on humanitarian workers, fails to name Hamas

Hamas terrorists invaded the warehouse and assaulted two drivers who were delivering humanitarian supplies, according to the UN.

Alexander De Croo, (3rd-R) Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), visits a food distribution point in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026; illustrative
FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugee women walk at the Tulum refugee camp, amid ongoing conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 30, 2025.

Sudan army says US peace plan must call for full RSF withdrawal from cities, documents show

World leaders gather during a charter announcement for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026

Is the Gaza peace plan dead? - opinion

Damaged residential building in Bahrain following Iranian strike, June 28, 2026.

Bahrain condemns Iran's 'systematic pattern of aggression,' calls on UN to hold Tehran accountable


'Israel crossed a red line': Iran FM rallies Russian, Islamic counterparts

Bagheri emphasized "that the Zionist regime has crossed the red line" and said that the "Islamic Republic of Iran has a legitimate right to defend itself."

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

Hezbollah, Lebanon, or Iran: Who should bear the brunt of Israel’s response? - analysis

The choices – diplomacy or waging war against Hezbollah, Lebanon, or Iran – are not mutually exclusive.

 IDF reveals that the Iranian 'Falaq-1" rocket which was fired at Majdal Shams by Hezbollah.

‘We live under constant existential fear': Conversation with a Syrian Druze activist

30-year-old Druze activist A recounts how regime gunmen disperse peaceful protest with gunfire.

  Druze anti-regime demonstrations in Suwayda.

Yaffa Ben-David escorted out of UNSC after calling for release of hostages from Hamas

Lavrov, who was chairing the meeting because Russia is the council president for July, responded: "I don't understand, speak more clearly."

Yaffa Ben-David, Secretary-general of Israel Teachers Union, is escorted out of the United Nations Security Council in New York for holding up an image of Hamas hostage Ohad Yahalomi.

Lebanese PM urges Israel to adhere to UNSC Res. 1701 as Hezbollah violates resolution

UNSC Resolution 1701 calls for a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line on Israel's border and the areas of Lebanon south of the Litani River.

 Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati heads a cabinet meeting, at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon April 4, 2024.

Israel and Lebanon are engaged in war, all but in name - editorial

Nobody will remember that for eight months, Israel was being attacked daily by Hezbollah while being told by the US and the EU to hold tight and not make things worse.

Israeli soldiers from the Golani brigade take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, May 22, 2024

Jordan, Egypt say Israel must abide by UN Security Council resolution on Gaza

The joint press conference took place shortly after an international conference discussing humanitarian response to Gaza concluded in Jordan.

 Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi attend a joint press conference at the "Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza" conference, at the Dead Sea, Jordan June 11, 2024.

US hopeful after Hamas says ready to negotiate hostage deal

Hamas accepted the UN Security Council ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate over the details, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday.

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Israel to discuss furthering a ceasefire deal proposal, June 11, 2024

UNSC approves resolution backing hostage deal in 14-0 vote, Hamas agrees to work with mediators

The UN Security Council approved a resolution supporting Biden's three-phase hostage deal, with Hamas ready to work with mediators despite not formally accepting the deal yet.

 THE UN Security Council meets, last month, prior to voting on a resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The resolution passed.

Russia, China wrangle with US over UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire plan

Biden laid out a three-phase ceasefire plan for the Gaza Strip a week ago that he described as an Israeli initiative.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 22, 2023