UN Security Council
In a surprise move ahead of the vote, the United States circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza.
The U.S. secretary of state asked Arab partners to help tamp down resurgent fears that Israel's bombardment of Gaza could result in larger regional conflict.
The assault came after Russia accused Ukraine of killing dozens and wounding over 100 in Belgorod, the most casualties on Russian soil since the war began.
U.S. Vetoes UN Resolution Backed By Many Nations Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Cease-Fire In Gaza
The United States has vetoed a United Nations resolution backed by almost all other Security Council members demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
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Governments around the world are considering how to mitigate the dangers of emerging AI technology.
Ukraine says the Security Council must “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russia revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.
The unfounded claim has taken root online, uniting COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, QAnon adherents and some Trump supporters.
The conflict remains “very active” across the country despite a “strategic stalemate, a U.N. special envoy said.
Zelenskyy accused Russia of carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations.
“No chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction were developed on my land,” the Ukrainian president said on Facebook. “The whole world knows that.”