Nikki Haley

Attack on Idlib would sabotage ongoing political process – Turkey

A full-scale regime assault on Syria's last opposition and rebel-held province of Idlib would sabotage the ongoing political process, Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said after a cabinet meeting chaired by President Erdogan.

Bob Woodward's book unlocks Trump's 'Crazytown' White House

"Fear" by the award-winning journalist who helped bring down former US president Richard Nixon has left aides and officials scrambling for cover as the book offers explosive insider anecdotes about the Trump administration.

Civilians the only casualties in Russia, Syria's Idlib assault: war monitor

As residents in Idlib look to Turkey for security, UN envoy for Syria urges Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin to "make a telephone call, organise a formula" which could help avoid a battle ending in a bloodbath.

US urges strict UN sanctions until North Korea acts on denuclearisation

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned against loosening sanctions on Pyongyang after Russia and China suggested the council could discuss such a move.

US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council – Nikki Haley

Standing with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the US Ambassador to the UN Haley said the UN body was biased against Israel.

UN members blame Israel for using 'excessive' force against Palestinians

From the 193-member UN General Assembly, 120 countries voted in favour of a resolution which condemns Israel for its "excessive use of force" against Palestinians.

International law guarantees Palestinians the right to resist

If Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal—and it is—under international law, then by definition Palestinian resistance of that occupation is legitimate.

US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria's Assad

As the US announced the new measures investigators were set to begin their work in investigating the chemical attack in Douma that prompted US-led airstrikes over the weekend.

Trump declares 'mission accomplished' in Syria

Moscow slams the strikes as "aggressive actions" of the Western coalition, as the UN Security Council rejects Russia's draft resolution condemning the US-led strikes in Syria.

UN chief says Syria tensions could spark 'full-blown military escalation'

"Syria today is the most serious threat, and there is no military solution to the conflict," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the UN Security Council. Meanwhile, Russia and the US trade accusations over suspected chemical attack in Syria.

US wants UN inquiry into use of chemical weapons in Syria

The US wants a UN Security Council vote Tuesday on a US draft resolution to establish a new inquiry into who is to blame for using chemical weapons in Syria, diplomats said. The move comes after a suspected chemical attack on Douma killed dozens.

Biggest convoy yet evacuates Syria's ruined eastern Ghouta

In the early hours of Tuesday more than 6,700 people left the opposition-held eastern Ghouta near Damascus as the regime still threatens to bomb the area.