UN Security Council

US envoy Barrack reverses Golan comments, reaffirms Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty

Israel conquered the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, annexing the area by law in 1981. UN Security Council resolution 497, passed only days later, rejected the annexation as "null and void."

US Special Envoy for Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack speaks during a session at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 17, 2026.
A ship off the port of Aden, where traffic remained steady after the Iran-aligned Houthis said their forces had carried out missile and drone strikes on Saudi oil tankers, in Aden, Yemen, July 23, 2026.

Yemen UN envoy warns Security Council of regional escalation amid Iran-backed Houthi attacks

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, US, September 26, 2025.

UN Security Council to hold first poll in race to replace Guterres when he steps down this year

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

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


After 11 months, UNSC to convene Wednesday for official discussion on the hostages

"It is a disgrace that it has taken the Council 11 months and the brutal execution of six hostages by Hamas terrorists to finally convene this discussion," he added.

 Members of the UN Security Council vote on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip, December 22, 2023.

‘Kabul is Harboring Terrorists’: Rise of IS-KP in Afghanistan ‘greatest external threat’

A senior UN official warns that IS-KP, based in Afghanistan, poses a growing global threat, highlighted by recent deadly attacks in Russia and Iran.

 Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Gaza ceasefire 'still possible' before leaving office, Biden says

The US president also confirmed during the interview that he was encouraged to drop out of the race due to concerns on his health and age.

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, August 1, 2024.

'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.