New UN envoys to mediate Mideast, Libya conflicts

The United Nations Security Council has approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposal to appoint Norwegian Tor Wennesland as the U.N.’s new Middle East envoy, while his predecessor Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov will…

Russia: US must respect UN regarding Israel

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of making cynical use of recently-signed agreements with Kosovo and Serbia to advance the Trump Administration’s interests in Israel. When asked…

Turkey hails regional dialogue with Iran

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani held a virtual meeting, during which they “reviewed” “all aspects” of their nations’ bilateral relations and discussed “steps aimed at…

UNSC unanimously supports two-state solution

A two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict has just been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council. The bill passed by unanimous decision by the 15-member council, including permanent…

Palestinians: U.S. peace plan favors Israel

Thousands of Palestinian Arabs rallied in multiple cities across the West Bank in a show of support for their President Mahmoud Abbas, as he delivered ‘a message of rejection’ over…

U.S. blocks UNSC condemnation of Israel

Now to the United Nations headquarters in New York, where the United States has once again employed its veto-power to block a U.N. Security Council statement against Israel, in which…