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May 9, 2019

Trump envoy slams 'baffling' anti-Israel UN meeting as members line up to condemn settlements, Israeli policy

President Trump’s U.S. envoy for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, made a surprise visit to the United Nations on Thursday, as members of the U.N. Security Council held an informal meeting to condemn Israeli settlements — a meeting that Greenblatt called “baffling and disappointing.”

January 24, 2019

Nikki Haley led the way with Venezuela condemnation at UN

The Trump administration has seen noticeable progress in calling attention to the Venezuela crisis in the United Nations and U.N. Security Council over the last couple of years -- an effort that began with former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who took up the issue when she started the job in 2017.

September 26, 2018

Trump takes aim at China, Iran while leading UN Security Council meeting

President Trump took aim at China and Iran while chairing a U.N. Security Council meeting on nonproliferation on Wednesday -- accusing China of meddling in the U.S. midterms, and promising sanctions “tougher than ever before” on Iran.

June 12, 2018

How Nikki Haley brought Trump's maximum pressure campaign down on North Korea at UN Security Council

While United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley won’t be present at Tuesday’s historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, she played a key role in achieving what the administration calls a “maximum pressure campaign” on North Korea.

April 26, 2018

At UN Mideast debate, Israel shows new evidence of Iran sticking to its militant ways

As decision time comes closer for President Donald Trump to stay in or withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, more evidence of Iranian intransigence in the region was given to members of the U.N. Security Council by Israel earlier today.

April 15, 2018

Russia acting like a 'rogue' country with its Syria support, UK ambassador says

Russia is acting like "one of those rogue countries" in its support of the Syrian regime after the deadly chemical weapons attack earlier this month, British Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierce told Fox News on Sunday.

April 14, 2018

Haley warns US is 'locked and loaded' if Syria uses chemical weapons again

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Saturday that the United States is “locked and loaded” if the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime uses chemical gas again in the country.

April 10, 2018

US warning at the UN: 'The world must see justice done' on Syria

As President Donald Trump on Monday warned he soon would be making “major decisions” to respond “forcefully” to murderous suspected chemical attacks against civilians in the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma, the stakes for the United Nations in the made-in-Syria crisis were just as high.

April 10, 2018

Russia vetoes US resolution on Syria gas attack

Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution at the United Nations Tuesday that would have condemned a suspected poison gas attack by the Syrian regime on a Damascus suburb.

March 31, 2018

Israel vows expanded response if Gaza clashes go on as UN calls for investigation into Friday's violence

Israel warned Saturday of a stepped-up response if violent protests in Gaza continued as the head of the United Nations called for an investigation into Friday’s deadly clashes in the volatile border zone.