UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani on Monday, reiterating his full support for lifting sanctions imposed on Syria, according to the state-run news agency (SANA). The meeting took place at the UN headquarters in New York, where...

Israel’s foreign minister said Monday that the top UN court’s hearing on humanitarian aid to Gaza was part of a “systematic persecution and delegitimization” of his country. In a live briefing, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the court was “becoming completely politicized.” He...

Hundreds of people filed past the tomb of Pope Francis from early on Sunday morning in the Roman basilica where he chose to be buried in a break from tradition. No pope had been laid to rest outside the Vatican in more than a century, but Francis opted instead for burial in Santa Maria...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately.” Trump has for months been calling for the US to take control of the Panama Canal, but...