The Latest Breaking News from The United Nations

Some 140 of the about 190 countries represented in the UN General Assembly have already recognised a Palestinian state

Norway, Spain and Ireland all announced plans on Wednesday to recognise a State of Palestine, breaking with the long-held position of Western powers that a Palestinian state can only come as part of a negotiated peace with Israel.

Challenges in delivering aid to Gaza persist as US aid remains undistributed, prompting distrust and safety concerns among some Gazans.

Russia's failed UN bid to ban nuclear weapons in space highlights challenges in space governance.

The GOP lawmaker, promising Trump's unequivocal support, rebuked Biden for pausing a weapons shipment to Israel

Israel's foreign minister says the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court's decision to seek arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is "a historic disgrace that will be remembered forever.”

Palestinians in Gaza have begun receiving humanitarian aid delivered through a newly completed floating pier off the coast of the besieged territory. Built by the U.S. military and operated in coordination with the United Nations, aid groups and other nations’ militaries, the pier can trace its origins back to a…

The Philippines has blamed Chinese fishermen for a massive loss of giant clams in a disputed shoal controlled by China’s coast guard in the South China Sea and urged an international inquiry into the amount of environmental damage in the area

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died. He was 63.