The Latest Breaking News from UN Security Council

The barrage of eight missiles test-fired over 35 minutes extends a streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.

The members of the UN Security Council welcomed on Friday the extension of the two-month truce in Yemen. In a press statement, the members expressed their lauded the measures taken by the parties to maintain the truce, which led to real and tangible benefits for the Yemeni people, including a…

The UN Security Council approved a resolution Friday extending the authorization for countries and regional organizations to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya suspected of violating the UN arms embargo on the troubled north African nation. The vote on the French-sponsored resolution was 14-0, with…

FRANCE 24 has had an exclusive look at an official report to be submitted to the UN Security Council on June 13. The document details the current state of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali and reveals a surge in recent violence. FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr tells us more.

The United States' special envoy for North Korea says it is "preparing for all contingencies", in close coordination with its South Korean and Japanese allies, as it monitors North Korean arrangements for a possible nuclear test explosion.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the ISIS extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel, UN experts said in a new report. The experts said in the report…

President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea is monitoring North Korean arrangements for a possible nuclear test explosion that outside officials say could be imminent

Khartoum (AFP) - Hundreds of Sudanese protesters on Wednesday demanded the dismissal of the United Nations mission chief, who is working to resolve a political crisis sparked by last year's military coup.

Washington's U.N. envoy visited southern Turkey on Wednesday to assess aid deliveries across the border into Syria as the Biden administration gears up for a likely showdown with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over the operation's renewal.

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program, increasing pressure on Pyongyang over its renewed ballistic missile launches. The latest American move came a day after China and Russia…

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions over North Korea's missile launches, including on two Russian banks, after Russia and China blocked action by the UN Security Council.