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US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses the Security Council as it meets to discuss the recent ballistic missile launch by North Korea in New York. REUTERS/Mike Segar

US Says Ready to Use Force to Deal with Pyongyang’s Threat

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 6, 2017 | World

The United States has pushed for tougher sanctions on North Korea at the UN Security Council but cautioned it was ready to use force if need be to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear missile program. In a hard-hitting address at the UN on Wednesday, US Ambassador Nikki Haley...

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General view of houses of the Israeli settlement of Efrat, in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)

Israel Postpones Settlement Expansion Plans until after Trump Visit

by Nazir Majli | May 12, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – The Israeli government submitted to permanent US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley a list of demands, including eliminating Security Council resolution 2334 that condemns settlements. The demands were made at a time when the government decided to...

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Russian Veto Protects Assad’s Chemicals

by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, New York – Russia on Wednesday vetoed a UN draft resolution that calls on the Syrian regime to cooperate in investigating a chemical attack in the province of Idlib last week. It was the eighth time during Syria’s six-year-old civil war that Moscow has used...

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley holds photographs of victims during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York . REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

US Ambassador to the UN: Assad Must Leave Syria in the Wake of Chemical Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2017 | Middle East

London – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could not stay in power in the wake of the chemical attack on the neighborhood of Khan Sheikhoun. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Haley said: “There’s not any...

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A combination of file photos showing Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Donald Trump. – Reuters

North Korea Threat, World Trade Rules Dominate US-China Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 4, 2017 | World

Beijing – China and the United States considered the first coming summit, which will take place next Thursday in Florida, between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, as very important for the future of bilateral relations, especially...