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US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns
Oct 09, 2018 11:45US President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of the country’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
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UN urges probe into Saudi journo’s ‘vanishing, murder’
Oct 08, 2018 02:30The United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression calls for an investigation into the disappearance and alleged murder of a prominent Saudi journalist in Turkey.
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Iran says US termination of Amity Pact sign of 'anger'
Oct 05, 2018 06:22An Iranian envoy says the US cancelled a 1950s pact with the country out of outrage at an earlier UN court verdict in favor of the Islamic Republic.
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Putin says US presence in Syria violates UN charter
Oct 03, 2018 13:56Russian President Vladimir Putin says the presence of US troops in Syria, providing support to anti-Damascus militant groups in the Arab country, violated the United Nations Charter.
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World knows Saudis support terrorists worldwide: Iran’s envoy at UN
Oct 02, 2018 08:44Iran has hit out at Saudi Arabia for its false terror support accusations against Tehran, saying it is no secret to the world that the Riyadh regime, itself, backs terror groups worldwide as ex-US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, once confirmed in a leaked memo.
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UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December
Sep 30, 2018 14:23The UN envoy to Libya told AFP that it will be difficult to hold elections as hoped on December 10, following a new wave of fighting in the North African nation.
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Saudi, allies cry foul over UN resolution on Yemen
Sep 29, 2018 11:04Saudi Arabia and its allies have cried foul over a UN Human Rights Council resolution that extended the mandate of an international investigation into war crimes in Yemen, despite Riyadh’s efforts to abort the mission.
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UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of investigators on Yemen
Sep 28, 2018 16:14The UN Human Rights Council has extended the mandate of Yemen war crimes investigators, despite attempts by Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies to bully their way out of accountability for abuses in an atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
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President Rouhani: US attempts to isolate Iran at UN only backfired
Sep 27, 2018 16:39Back home from New York, President Hassan Rouhani says Washington's attempts to advance an anti-Iran agenda at the UN only backfired, stressing that this year's General Assembly session and related events further exposed the US's isolation on the world stage.
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Venezuela’s Maduro rejects US interventionism in UN speech
Sep 27, 2018 10:16Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has rejected US interventionism in the Latin American country, saying Washington opposes Venezuelan independence and determined to stop it at all costs.