
The UN human rights chief took aim at US President Donald Trump Wednesday, saying the country needed better leadership to meet grave challenges like surging xenophobia and religious discrimination. “I am concerned by the new administration’s handling of a number of human rights issues,” Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein told ...

The UN Security Council will vote Tuesday on a draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, diplomats said. Russia has vowed to use its veto to block the measure, which would be the seventh time that Moscow has resorted to its veto ...