The Hague: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought urgent clearance on Monday from the court's judges to resume investigations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in...

United Nations:  Russia, China, Pakistan and the United States are working together to ensure that Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to form a genuinely representative government and...

Seoul:  South Korea on Sunday urged North Korea to restore dormant communication hotlines, a day after the North repeated an offer to open conditional talks. The North might be seeking...

By: Edith M. Lederer United Nations: It's almost certain that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers won't get to speak at this year's UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders. The Taliban challenged...

By: Edith M. Lederer United Nations:  Iran's new foreign minister has said that the country would return to nuclear negotiations “very soon,” but accused the Biden administration of sending contradictory...

By Mallika Sen New York:  Prime Minister Imran Khan has sought to cast Pakistan as the victim of American ungratefulness and an international double standard in his address to the...

United Nations: Racism, the climate crisis and the world's worsening divisions will take center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. chief issued a grim...

Beijing: Special envoys of China, Russia and Pakistan have met the top officials of the Taliban's interim government as well as Afghan leaders Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul...

New York: World leaders will be back at the United Nations for the first time in two years on Tuesday with a formidable agenda of escalating crises to tackle, including...

Toronto: Canadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party a victory in Monday's parliamentary elections, but his gamble to win a majority of seats failed and nearly mirrored the result...