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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. was one of three members of the United Nations that voted against a General Assembly resolution Wednesday calling 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, ...

Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, just hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to cease threatening the key ...

Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution aimed at protecting commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The draft text, on which a vote was held on Tuesday, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will try again next week to pass a resolution to halt the Iran war and force President Donald Trump to obtain Congress' approval for any further attacks, ...

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 ...

As part of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council during the current April session, His Excellency Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs ...

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 ...

One-fifth of the world's oil typically passes through the strait and Iran's chokehold during the war has sent energy prices soaring around the world. Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council ...

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had been repeatedly watered down in hopes those two countries would abstain.