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A dispute between Iraq and Turkey over a recent deadly attack in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region escalated at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday. Iraq’s foreign minister demanded the withdrawal of all Turkish troops from his country, while Turkey’s deputy ambassador said his government will keep…

President Michel Aoun has told United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka that Beirut is committed to implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1701 because it is willing to maintain stability and security on the southern borders. Aoun and Wronecka discussed at Baabda Palace on Tuesday last week's Security Council…

Russia’s foreign minister said his country supports reforming the U.N. Security Council to give a more powerful role to developing nations, including African countries

Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army Abdel Emir Yarallah on Saturday exposed the extent of Turkey's military presence in Iraq, revealing that it is operating five bases in the country. Speaking at a special parliamentary session in wake of last week's Turkish strike on the northern Dohuk province, in…

The United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest terms on Monday the attack on a tourist resort in Iraq’s northern Dohuk province on July 20. The attack resulted in at least nine civilian deaths, including children. The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to…

The execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar is further confirmation of what was already well known. The regime of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing will stop at nothing to maintain its grip on the country.

Libya is mired in a constitutional and political stalemate that has sparked increasing clashes, a dire economic situation and demonstrations across the country by frustrated citizens, a senior UN official said Monday. Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told the UN Security Council the overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile,” with…

Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad blames on Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Wednesday’s attack on the district of Zakho in Iraq’s northern, semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed nine Iraqi tourists, including…

Russia defended its veto of a UN resolution that would have extended humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the opposition-held northwest from Turkey for a year, insisting that its demand for only a six-month extension was essential and accusing Western nations of using "sly" tactics and trying "to…

At least nine civilians, including women and children, were killed, and 23 others were injured in a Turkish attack on the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The victims of the Turkish artillery strikes included Iraqi tourists who had come to the hill village of Barakh in the Zakho district to…

The released report mentions the situation in India under the category “Situations not on the agenda of the Security Council or other situations”.