UNITED NATIONS

“Among the people living within our borders are some with high levels of education, experience and means. Treating these people otherwise would mean a betrayal of humanitarian values," the Turkish president said.

“Instead of ‘sending a message’ with a toothless resolution, we should inflict real pain on U.N. for anti-Israel bias,” the GOP senator said in a tweet late Saturday.

A United Nations Security Council vote in December condemned Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas as “a flagrant violation under international law.”

Kim said in his New Year speech that North Korea was in the final stages of testing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S.

The U.N. convoy was on its way to Obo city carrying fuel from Zemio when it was attacked by unknown assailants who killed two Moroccan peacekeepers and then escaped.

The hermit nation launched over 20 ballistic missiles in 2016 alone, including intermediate-range Musudan missiles.

Opposition groups alleged continuous violations of the agreement by government forces, adding that these violations would render the day-old deal “null and void.”

Troops mistreated and detained a 7-year-old Palestinian boy from Kafr Qadum in the West Bank region, Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had reported clashes between rebels and government troops, potentially jeopardizing a year-end peace deal.

"Friends need to tell each other the hard truths, and friendships require mutual respect."

Negotiations between the warring parties would begin in Kazakhstan if the ceasefire is a success, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported Wednesday citing a source.

House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer's comments were in anticipation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's speech Wednesday.

The justice ministry said officials seized a record total of 890 kilograms (1,962 pounds) of methamphetamines in raids this month.

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will meet with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the ongoing crisis in Libya and other issues concerning the African continent.

A UN Security Council resolution passed Friday said Israel's settlements have "no legal validity" and urged all states to distinguish between Israel and "the territories occupied since 1967."

The North Korean foreign ministry criticized the latest sanctions as "a criminal document without any legality" that breached the country’s sovereignty.

Analysts suggest that Bashar Assad’s recapturing of Aleppo is not an indicator of peace returning to the conflict-affected region.

Buses meant to evacuate the last few people in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo have been delayed for nearly 24 hours, according to activists.

Sen. Leila de Lima is one of the few domestic critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs campaign, which has killed nearly 6,000 people.

A new report by seismologists from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory concluded that the tremors were “much more like that of an earthquake than an explosion.”

"It is unfortunately clear that many of the world's leaders are developing a form of paranoia about legitimate journalism."