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Indus Waters Treaty abeyance after Pahalgam attack sparks India-Pakistan clash - opinion

Pakistan challenges India’s treaty suspension at the UN amid rising tensions between the countries.

Indian security force personnel stand guard at the site of a suspected militant attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, April 24, 2025.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, candidate for the position of the next Secretary-General, speaks during a dialogue with delegations while candidates for the position of new United Nations Secretary General are interviewed at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 21, 2026.

Top candidates grilled at UN in contention to replace Guterres as secretary general

Taliban Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat speaks during a press conference about the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 3, 2026.

Afghan women’s rights advocates urge Melania Trump to support girls facing Taliban restrictions

UNIFIL Chief Maj.-Gen. Diodato Abagnara, attends a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, March 14, 2026; illustrative.

IDF Merkava tank rammed UNIFIL vehicles on two occasions on Sunday, UN force claims


EU's top diplomat warns against Trump Middle East peace plan, annexation

“Steps towards annexation, if implemented, could not pass unchallenged,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al Safadi and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of European Commission Josep Borrell speak to the media after their meeting in Amman, Jordan, February 2, 2020

US to UNSC: We won’t sit idly by while Iran destabilizes region

‘Tehran continues to saturate the Middle East with arms,’ US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft told the Security Council that gathered in New York to discuss Iran-related issues.

US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft speaks to the United Nations Security Council, October 28 2019

Israel Gaza border resident to UN: Peace will come when Hamas stops terror

“It’s only a fence that divides us, really,” she said. “The only solution is for us to live together.”

A house is taken care of by the Fire Department after being hit by rocket fire coming from the Gaza Strip, Moshav Herut, March 25, 2019.

LIVE: Israeli who lives near Gaza border speaks to UN Security Council

Adele Raemer, a resident of Kibbutz Nirim near the Gaza Strip, will share the reality that residents of Israel's south experience in the shadow of rocket fire from Gaza.

Members vote during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council about the situation in Crimea at U.N. Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 26, 2018.

UN official condemns doubling of Israeli aerial violations over Lebanon

The UNSC met in New York Monday amid rising tensions along Israel’s northern border between the IDF and Iranian proxy groups, such as Hezbollah, which has precision missile aimed at Israel.

A boy looks out the window of a building, damaged from an Israeli attack in Damascus, Syria

U.N. Security Council concerned by situation in Syria

The U.N. Security Council "expressed deep concern over the risk of the dispersion of terrorists from U.N.-designated groups, including ISIL..."

Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al Ain, as seen from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 16, 2019

Danon to UNSC: Take action against Iran's attempted attack on Israel

Not for the first time, says Danon, "major Iranian attack intended to escalate" region's security, and Syria knowingly allows this.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine, at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., December 18, 2017

Danny Danon demands UNSC condemn murder of Rina Schnarb

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the UN Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, February 20, 2018

Ambassador Danon to the security council: condemn Rina Schenrav's murder

"The Palestinian Authority is directly responsible for this attack, a result of the Palestinians' ongoing policy of educating and incentivizing their youth to kill Jews throughout Israel."

Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, speaks at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York

Danon meets with Goldin Family about 'bringing our boys back'

"This violation of international law requires that UN officials work to bring our boys back home," said Ambassador Danon.

Leah Goldin, mother of Hadar, speaks at a press conference, August 5, 2018