TOKYO — Japan has announced it is freezing the assets of 19 companies to step up pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons and...
One by one, 14 members of the U.N. Security Council have spoken out against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel...
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned the sale of African migrants into slavery in Libya as “heinous abuses of human rights” that may constitute crimes...
Japan has announced it will host a ministerial meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 15 on North Korea focused on peaceful ways to pressure...
The U.N. Security Council’s first open meeting on Myanmar in eight years highlighted the body’s deep divisions: China and Russia supported the Southeast Asian country’s government while the...
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is poised to extend sanctions relief to Iran, avoiding imminent action that could implode the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. But the...
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions Saturday to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs including a ban on coal...