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...
These Are 5 Things the UN Does that You May Not Have Known The United Nations' vast system has tackled everything from delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to providing crucial...
Israel's Blockade Means Gaza's Hospitals Cannot Provide Food to Recovering Patients Local production of vegetables has plummeted because Israeli forces have damaged 80% of Gaza's farmlands, the U.N. says, and...
UN Official Urges Israel to Lift Aid Blockade of Gaza and Calls It 'Cruel Collective Punishment' The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator urged Israel to lift its blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip, saying the...
Israeli Troops Killed 15 Palestinian Medics and Buried Them in a Mass Grave, UN Says The Palestinian Red Crescent says the slain workers and their vehicles were clearly marked as medical and humanitarian...
Putin Suggests Putting Ukraine Under UN-Sponsored External Governance, Boasts of Battlefield Gains Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed Friday to put Ukraine under external governance under the U.N. aegis as part of...
Trump Withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's Nomination for UN Ambassador, Citing Tight GOP House Margin The abrupt withdrawal reflects growing concern among House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, that their historically...
UN: Sudan War Is World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: 30 Million Need Aid, 16 Million of Them Kids With no end in sight to the nearly two-year conflict, Catherine Russell told the U.N. Security Council that children in Sudan...
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...
