As reports of deadly clashes surfaced across Syria, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to authorize unarmed observers to travel to the Middle Eastern nation and monitor a shaky cease-fire.
The Syrian government has agreed to begin immediately to pull its forces out of population centers and will complete its withdrawal by April 10, diplomatic officials told reporters Monday.
CNN's Tim Lister explains why the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz are strategically important.
The U.S. has used multiple means of reaching out to Iran in response to Iran's threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a critical transit point for one-fifth of the world's oil.
CNN's Nic Robertson offers a rare look inside a crowd of thousands wanting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ousted.
Last year, the U.N. Security Council authorized "all necessary measures" to stop the violence when the nation in question was Libya. It has come nowhere close to that on Syria, where the United Nations estimates more than 5,000 people have been killed since March. Why?
The United Nations Security Council on Friday lifted sanctions on the Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Foreign Bank, moves that were warmly received by the United States and Britain.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday condemning an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday in favor of a resolution to condemn violence in Yemen, where demonstrators, government forces and rival factions have been embroiled in months of unrest.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is leading a U.S. delegation to Juba for Saturday's ceremonies marking the independence of South Sudan, the White House said Wednesday.
The government of Sudan may be moving heavy weaponry closer to a disputed oil-rich region of the country, a monitoring group started by Hollywood actor George Clooney claimed.
The U.N. Security Council will take up a draft resolution that would establish an interim peacekeeping force for the disputed border region of Abyei, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters Thursday.
Representatives of Sudan and Southern Sudan have signed an agreement calling for the immediate withdrawal of Sudanese troops from the disputed Abyei region.
Syria's ambassador to the United Nations rejected Tuesday a call for an independent investigation into the killings of hundreds of demonstrators by government forces.
French, British and American military forces begin the first phase of a military operation in Libya.
President Barack Obama's decision to undertake military action in Libya to enforce a no-fly zone was the product of an administration debate with unlikely bedfellows.
The United States vetoed Friday a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have declared Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal.
The United States vetoes a U.N. Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal.
The U.N. Security Council's quarters and the General Assembly were evacuated Tuesday after officials noticed a "suspicious odor."
A key United Nations committee has approved a draft resolution expressing "deep concern at serious human rights violations in Iran," including torture, persecution of ethnic minorities and violence against women.
Journalist Josh Kron reports from Goma, DRC, about the mass rape of women over four days in North Kiva last month.
The United Nations Security Council in New York held an emergency session Thursday to discuss and condemn widespread rapes in eastern Congo, while the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. said she was troubled by a briefing on the attacks.
Israel and Gaza activists use video to support their sides of the flotilla story. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
The security situation in war-ravaged Darfur shows no sign of improvement as fighting has intensified between rebel groups and the Sudanese government, the United Nations Security Council was told Tuesday.
The U.N. Security Council Thursday unanimously approved new measures to strengthen and update the U.N.-maintained list of individuals and entities sanctioned for their connections to al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The United States and other envoys at the United Nations slammed Iran on Thursday for transporting arms and ammunition to Syria, saying the clock is ticking for the Islamic republic -- which could face tougher sanctions next year over its nuclear program.
Baghdad bombing
updated: Sun Oct 25 2009 19:46:00
CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom gives CNN viewers an update on the latest Baghdad bombing.
Twin car bombs exploded near three Iraqi government buildings Sunday in central Baghdad, killing at least 132 people. It was the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations visited Iraq for the first time this weekend, discussing how to help the country move on from debt and sanctions and expressing sympathy over massive bombings in August.
The United Nations Security Council has condemned political violence in Guinea that reportedly killed nearly 160 people.
North Korea may be preparing for a new atomic bomb test a month after its last test, a U.S. official said Thursday.
A week after North Korea ignored international warnings and launched a long-range rocket, the U.N. Security Council is considering a draft statement -- signaling members may be close to taking a formal public stance against the incident.
The 15th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda brought American U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to tears as she reflected on her personal memories surrounding the slaughter.
The U.S. State Department said Monday that North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday should not be seen as a victory for Pyongyang.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he is focused on what's happening today, not in 2012.
It was another eventful Sunday, beginning with an early-morning wake-up call for the traveling President Obama.
It was another eventful Sunday, beginning with an early-morning wake-up call for the traveling President Obama.
The Obama administration will work to stop any "illicit" nuclear aspirations by Iran, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing its intent to, eventually, send U.N. peacekeeping forces back to the fractured, unstable nation of Somalia.
Susan Rice, a senior foreign policy adviser for the Obama campaign, responds to recent criticisms of Sen. Obama.
Is Sen. John McCain too old to be president?
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