Mideast: Palestinians have new aim at UN
A year after the Palestinians’ high-profile failure to win United Nations membership through the Security Council, they are returning to…
UN: All the world gets a stage at General Assembly
The world's most pressing, and intractable, problems will be on display as leaders and their entourages from the 193-nation assembly…
Iran: Admits lying to international nuke program inspectors
The West has long suspected Iran of misleading it over its nuclear program – and now a top Iranian official…
Israel: Envoy urges boycott of Ahmadinejad speech to the UN
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called on world leaders to boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s September 26 speech to…
Mideast: U.N. says Iran has doubled nuclear centrifuges
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says Iran has doubled the number of centrifuges for enriching uranium.
Mideast: PA’s Abbas to delay pursuit of UN statehood
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not ask the UN General Assembly to recognize a Palestinian state next month, according…
Iran: UN chief denounces anti-Israel threats and Holocaust denial
Words by Ban Ki-moon follow harsh attack by Khamenei on UN, US and ‘Zionists.’