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Yemen UN envoy warns Security Council of regional escalation amid Iran-backed Houthi attacks

Grundberg said Houthi attacks in Marib, Hadramaut, Mokha and other areas have resulted in military and civilian casualties.

A ship off the port of Aden, where traffic remained steady after the Iran-aligned Houthis said their forces had carried out missile and drone strikes on Saudi oil tankers, in Aden, Yemen, July 23, 2026.
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, US, September 26, 2025.

UN Security Council to hold first poll in race to replace Guterres when he steps down this year

Alexander De Croo, (3rd-R) Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), visits a food distribution point in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026; illustrative

UN official condemns ‘de facto authorities’ assault on humanitarian workers, fails to name Hamas

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugee women walk at the Tulum refugee camp, amid ongoing conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 30, 2025.

Sudan army says US peace plan must call for full RSF withdrawal from cities, documents show


West plans to push IAEA board to find Iran in breach of duties, diplomats say

The last time the board took the step of formally declaring Iran in breach of its safeguards obligations was in September 2005.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

UN's Guterres pledges new role for hostage situations, says Gaza needs 'flood' of aid

The Hostage Families Forum met with Guterres on Thursday to discuss the issue of returning hostages held captive by terrorists in Gaza.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2025.

Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says

Assad Al-Nassasrah, a Red Crescent paramedic, survived shootings that killed 15 emergency and aid workers on March 23 in southern Gaza in an incident that drew international condemnation.

 Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025

UN Security Council to discuss returning hostage bodies to Israel for the first time

This marks the first such discussion since the October 7 terror massacre. This demand will be at the center of an official Security Council debate.

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

'Aid will no longer reach Hamas,' Danny Danon says during UNSC debate

“Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped and tortured our citizens," Danon said.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question, in November.

The RFK Jr. I know: An American patriot, and a dear friend of Israel - opinion

In March 2025, RFK referred to student protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza as 'antisemitism' and the product of 'woke cancel culture.'

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

US deems Albanese unfit to serve as UN Special Rapporteur due to 'virulent antisemitism'

"Her reappointment would show the UN tolerates antisemitic hatred and support for terrorism," the letter concluded.

 Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 26, 2024.

Israel's new Gaza offensive: What's different this time - analysis

Is the change in the White House the primary difference?

 IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visits Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. March 18, 2025.

'I know what it's like to be left behind,' Noa Argamani tells UN Security Council

Argamani attended the UN Security Council meeting at the invite of Israel's UN permanent representative Danny Danon.

 Freed hostage Noa Argamani speaks at President Isaac Herzog's residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024

'Our children deserve more': Ambassador Danon slams UNSC silence over Bibas children

"Colleagues, perhaps you have forgotten about little Kfir Bibas, but I promise you, we haven't," Israel's envoy to the UN said.

 Israel's ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City. November 25, 2024.