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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from UN Security Council, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 269 stories have been published about UN Security Council which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from UN Security Council, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 269 stories have been published about UN Security Council which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Kim Jong-Un · WashingtonU.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warns of a forceful response if North Korea carries out its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years. U.S and South Korean officials have said North Korea is all but ready to conduct another detonation at its nuclear testing ground. The prospects for meaningful new punitive measures are unclear with the United Nations Security Council divided over Russia's war on Ukraine.See the Story
U.S. warns Kim Jong Un of ‘forceful response’ to any nuclear test
Coverage: 36 sources
UN Security Council · TehranIran says it is ready for new indirect talks with the U.S. to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal with major powers. Iran's U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi said the ball is in U.s. court. The talks ended in Qatar after failing to make significant progress, he said. RavanchI described the Qatar talks as "serious and positive"See the Story
Iran says it's ready for new talks with US on nuclear deal
37% Center coverage: 22 sources
Europe · KyivUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of being a "terrorist state" He asked the Security Council to expel Moscow from the United Nations. Russia's Deputy UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said he was using the address as a "remote PR campaign"See the Story
Zelenskiy urges action in U.N. address, Russia calls it 'PR campaign' for weapons
37% Center coverage: 11 sources
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UN Security Council · KabulThe U.N. Security Council held emergency closed consultations Thursday on the Taliban's latest crackdown on Afghan women. The council considered a presidential statement that would express deep concern at its new ban. The Norwegian-drafted statement would also call for a reversal of policies that restrict the rights of women and girls.See the Story
UN holds emergency meeting on Taliban crackdown on women
50% Center coverage: 10 sources
UN Security Council · GazaNEW YORK: Palestine’s UN ambassador has said that the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the Israeli brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Ambassador Riyad Mansour emphasized that the Security Council is responsible for maintaining international peace and security, as well as responding to the imperatives of condemning and halting Israeli aggression and providing intern…See the Story
UN Security Council will meet to discuss Israeli attack on Gaza: Palestine’s UN Ambassador
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
UN Security Council · IndiaIndia is halfway through the second year of its two-year term as an elected non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The country will also preside as president of the powerful UN organ for the month of December. India chairs the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022.See the Story
India to host UN Security Council members for special meeting on counter-terrorism in October
44% Right coverage: 9 sources
UN Security Council · Sana'aThe United Nations is pushing Yemen's warring parties to agree a six-month truce extension, two sources familiar with the talks said, which would be the longest in the seven-year-old conflict as international pressure grows on both sides to end the war. Peace efforts gained a boost after U.S. President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia last week, where he announced agreement with the Saudi leadership to "deepen and extend" the ceasefire expiring on August 2. The war has pitted a coalition led by Riyadh against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis since 2015.See the Story
U.N. presses Yemen warring parties for six-month truce extension
44% Right coverage: 9 sources
UN Security Council · AfghanistanThe U.N. Security Council will meet on Thursday to discuss an order by Afghanistan's Taliban for women to cover their faces in public. It is a return to a signature policy of the Islamist group's past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions. The Taliban's previous rule from 1996 to 2001, women had to cover up, could not work, and girls were banned from school.See the Story
U.N. Security Council to discuss Taliban ordering women to cover faces again
43% Right coverage: 7 sources
UN Security CouncilEcuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland will join the UN body responsible for the maintenance of global peace and security, beginning in January 2023. The General Assembly, which comprises all 193 UN Member States, elects the 10 non-permanent members who serve for two-year terms.See the Story
Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
67% Left coverage: 3 sources
