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The Palestinians back UN Security Council talks on war crimes in Gaza, days after seeking the deferral of another UN debate.

An explosion apparently caused by a suicide bomber in the lobby of the World Food Program office in Islamabad killed at least three people.

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog on Sunday described a "shifting of gears" in the controversy over Iran's nuclear program ...

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency is traveling to Iran this weekend to discuss the country's recently revealed uranium enrichment facility, a spokesman said Saturday.

Peter Galbraith, the top American U.N. official in Afghanistan, was being recalled after a dispute over the handling of fraud allegations in the election.

U.S. President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Wednesday that serious additional sanctions must be considered if Iran does not respond to proposals to end a nuclear standoff.

US President Barack Obama calls for immediate Middle East peace talks without preconditions, at his maiden UN address.

Obama says opposition to the U.S. has served as an 'excuse for our collective inaction' on matters such as nuclear disarmament, climate change and Middle East peace.

Depicted by experts as the candidate favored by the United States and other wealthy nations, Yukiya Amano favors a strict approach toward Iran.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees suspends relief imports into Gaza accusing the Hamas government of stealing food aid.