The world is witnessing the largest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War, with an estimated one quarter of the global population living in conflict-affected countries. Organized ...

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired after major world powers rejected U.S.

Twenty-five years ago, the UN Security Council established the landmark resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), officially recognizing for the first time women’s crucial role in achieving ...

First lady Melania Trump presided over the United Nations Security Council meeting Monday, declaring that the United States "stands with all of the children throughout the world," in a historic speech ...

The initiative is the latest example of the president’s dismantling the post-World War II international system and building a new one, with himself at the center. Israel, Saudi Arabia and other ...

President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza — and ...

First Lady Melania Trump opened today’s United Nations (U.N.) Security Council meeting with a decisive message to its members: “Peace does not need to be fragile.” Mrs. Trump’s message of tolerance is ...

The board's charter also caused some dismay by stating Trump will lead it until he resigns, with veto power over its actions and membership. His secretary of state, Marco Rubio, tried to ease concerns ...