A meeting of the United Nations Security Council.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Russia and China vetoed a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday aimed at compelling ...

The vote came hours before an 8 p.m. deadline set by President Trump to reach a deal to reopen the waterway. By Farnaz Fassihi Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a resolution at the United Nations ...

The House effort to end the Iran war is gaining steam. A month ago, the lower chamber defeated a bipartisan resolution forcing President Trump to terminate military operations against Tehran until the ...

Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution, introduced by Ghana, ...

The U.S., Israel and Argentina on Wednesday voted against a United Nations resolution led by Ghana to label the international slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and call for ...

Pennsylvania House Democrats withdrew consideration of a resolution honoring March as "National Women’s Month" after a Republican lawmaker filed an amendment to include the physiological definition of ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a ...

Ghana-led UN resolution on transatlantic slavery adopted Experts say resolution is 'large step' at UN US votes against it, EU abstains over concerns Ghana said the resolution ‌was needed because the ...

The world’s highest court has spoken: tackling climate change is not a choice: it’s a legal obligation. Now it’s up to the United Nations General Assembly to speak up and urge its 193 member countries ...

Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to force a vote on President Donald Trump's stated goal of a ...