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UN Security Council to vote on US bid to slash North Korea exports over missile tests

The UN Security Council will vote later on a US-drafted resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea over missile tests

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Disagreement at the UN over North Korea

US warns it will use force to stop North Korea's missile programme but Russia warns against military talk

North Korea

North Korea announces successful test of new intercontinental ballistic missile

Syria

Russia vetoes UN condemnation of Syria toxic gas attack

Russia has blocked a draft resolution at the United Nations condemning last week’s toxic gas attack in Syria.

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USA

UN urges restraint as Washington and Moscow clash over Syria

Immediate action is needed to protect the Syrian people but it should be “rooted in the principles of the United Nations and international law,” U.

Israel

Israeli PM Netanyahu to re-assess UN ties

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has reacted angrily to the US abstention on a UN resolution condeming settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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Israel to re-assess UN ties after settlement vote

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will re-assess its ties with the United Nations, after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement buil

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US abstention allows Israeli defeat

The US has taken the strongest action in years against long standing ally Israel.

Syria

UN approves monitors for eastern Aleppo

The UN Security Council has called for officials from the world body to be allowed to monitor the evacuation of people from eastern Aleppo.

Syria

Will the UN send observers to Syria?

The Security Council is meeting to vote on a resolution to guarantee that UN officials can monitor evacuations from the besieged parts of the Syrian city.

USA

UN's Ban Ki-moon urges Israel not to 'diminish the chances for Arab-Israeli peace'

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made his last appearance in the Security Council.

USA

Diplomatic deadlock at UN Security Council as resolutions on Syria fail

Russia blocks a French-drafted resolution calling for an end to airstrikes on Aleppo, while its own text fails to gain enough support.

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Bulgaria backs EU's Georgieva to be next UN chief

Kristalina Georgieva, an EU commissioner, has been nominated by her native Bulgaria as a candidate to become the next UN Secretary General.

Syria

UN to resume aid deliveries in Syria

Officials say Aleppo is not on the list of destinations for deliveries that could resume as early as Thursday.

USA

US calls for Syria no-fly zone as UN says it will resume aid convoys

Moscow and Washington trade blame during a high-level meeting at the UN Security Council in New York.

Syria

What next for Syria's ceasefire? UN meeting cancelled at last minute

The US and Russia say they want to extend the ceasefire they have brokered in Syria.

Korea

South Korea urges the world to put pressure on Pyongyang in wake of nuclear test

South Korea has called on the world to pressure Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear programme.

North Korea

North Korea conducts its fifth and largest nuclear test

Ttate television said the test elevated the country's nuclear arsenal and was part of its response to international sanctions following its earlier nuclear test and long-range rocket launch in January

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UN Mideast meeting descends into Israeli-Palestinian shouting match

A monthly meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East deteriorated into a shouting match on Monday as Israeli and Palestinian

North Korea

UN approves harsh new sanctions for North Korea

North Korea faces harsh new sanctions after the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution drafted by the regime’s closest ally