The Trump Administration Wants to End the UN Peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe Is Pushing Back It’s another step as the Trump administration drastically pares back its foreign affairs priorities and budget.
Trump Administration Signs on to UN Chief’s Plan for Tackling Haiti’s Gangs Six months after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres proposed that the global organization take on some of the...
China and the US Clash at the UN over the Panama Canal, a Focus of Trump's Attention The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s...
Islamic State and al-Qaida Threat Is Intense in Africa, with Growing Risks in Syria, UN Experts Say The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are...
Tens of Thousands Flee Their Homes as Thailand and Cambodia Clash Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over disputed border areas has entered a second day, leaving at least 15 dead and...
UN Body Says over 1,000 Have Been Killed Seeking Food in Gaza Since May as Hunger Crisis Worsens The United Nations human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food...
UN Food Agency Says Israeli Tanks and Snipers Opened Fire on a Crowd Seeking Aid in Gaza The World Food Program in a statement Sunday condemned the violence that erupted in northern Gaza as Palestinians tried to...
Mike Waltz Pledges to Make UN 'Great Again' at Senate Confirmation Hearing Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Waltz is facing lawmakers for the first time since he was ousted as...
US Issues Sanctions Against UN Investigator Probing Abuses in Gaza The Trump administration announced that it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human...
'Not Something to Celebrate': As It Turns 80 and Faces Dwindling Global Clout, Can the UN Survive? The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
