RECENTLY, the United Nations (UN) organisation has been celebrating activities marking its 80th anniversary. It was indeed a glamorous event as the UN General Assembly Hall this year hosted ...

THE UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations member states in September 2015 at the UN General Assembly to provide a universal framework for development for the ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a ...

The United Nations is “gridlocked” and in dire need of reform, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, while delivering the government’s address to the 80 th session of the United Nations ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has called on the United Nations to rein in the rising use of veto powers by the five permanent members of the Security Council and pressed for reforms to make the organisation ...

At the United Nations Private Sector Forum in New York, Dilhan C. Fernando, CEO & Chairman of Dilmah Tea and Chairman of UN Global Compact (UNGC) Network Sri Lanka, represented Sri Lanka with Supun ...

EXCLUSIVE: A Trump administration official was physically assaulted by a "deranged leftist" inside the United Nations Thursday afternoon during the gathering of the UN General Assembly, Fox News ...

For the first time in his second term, President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City with a clear message about exactly what the failed global body represents ...

The United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution drafted by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran. In a 4-9 vote, with two abstentions, world ...

A group of United Nations experts called upon FIFA and UEFA on Tuesday to suspend Israel from international competition, arguing the action is a "necessary response to address the ongoing genocide in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was the victim of “three very sinister events” during his time at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. The Secret Service will be looking ...

Mahmoud Abbas has asked UN states to "do right by the Palestinian people" during a speech in which he vowed Palestine would "rise from under the rubble to rebuild". Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he ...