US pushes to add 2 permanent UN Security Council seats for African nations

The Biden administration has announced plans to expand the influential United Nations Security Council by adding two permanent seats for African nations -- an initiative that will ... Read More

US proposes 2 permanent seats for Africa on UN Security Council

The Biden administration is calling for adding two permanent seats for African nations to the United Nations Security Council, and an elected seat for a small-island developing nation. U.S. Read More

US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa

The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Read More

United States Backs Africa’s U.N. Security Council Bid, With a Catch

The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the path to adding members requires far more than White House approval. Read More

Blinken says Israel has accepted US-backed proposal for a cease-fire, calls on Hamas to do same

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel has accepted a proposal for a cease-fire and hostage exchange ... last week to discuss the US-back, UN-approved deal, with Hamas choosing to ... Read More

Netanyahu Accepts US-Backed Cease-fire: Details, Problems and Implications

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the US-mediated ... and security issues. The proposal, as detailed by President Biden, outlines a roadmap towards an enduring cease-fire ... Read More

Israel agrees to US-backed cease-fire deal: Secretary of State Blinken

Fox News’ Alex Hogan reports that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel accepted the cease-fire deal and called on Hamas to do the same. Kamala Harris Suffers Triple Polling Blow Before ... Read More

UN Security Council patience for Gaza truce talks running out, says Slovenia

Patience is running out among United Nations Security Council members and the 15-member body will likely consider taking action if a ceasefire cannot soon be brokered between Israel and Palestinian ... Read More

US hopeful that likelihood of wider conflict breaking out between Israel and Hezbollah has reduced, officials say

Days after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged some of the heaviest cross-border fire in years, US officials are tentatively ... in the region,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby ... Read More

Blinken says Israel has accepted US-backed Gaza cease-fire bridge proposal

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and ... way move us away from getting ... Read More

US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council

The United States says it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council for African nations ... Read More

Blinken Says Israel Agrees to a US-Backed Proposal for a Cease-Fire and Calls on Hamas to Do Same

“This is a decisive moment, probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a cease-fire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security ... Read More