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UN member states were set to vote Wednesday on a push by the Palestinians to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that returning residents evacuated from Israel’s north due to cross-border fighting with Hezbollah is now an official war goal

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has accused Israel’s military of striking schools, humanitarian workers and civilians in Gaza

The US has thrown its weight behind creating two permanent seats for African states on the United Nations Security Council, and one rotating seat for small island developing states. Years of talks about reforming the council have led nowhere, and many doubt whether US backing will be enough to spur…

The U.S. supports adding African and small island nation seats on the U.N. Security Council, aiming to modernize and enhance representation.

The United States says it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council for African nations

The United States called Thursday for two permanent seats on the UN Security Council to be reserved for African nations, alongside a rotating seat for small developing island nations.

The US insists, despite evidence to the contrary, that Netanyahu has agreed to a proposal to suspend the war.

Prime Minister Garry Conille's relationship with the presidential council tasked with paving the way toward elections has been described as "strained"

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has traveled to Haiti to meet leaders of the new transitional government and the Kenyan police who are the vanguard of a U.N.-backed force meant to help curb widespread gang violence

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced nearly $203 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Sudan