The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday on Syria after Russia made such request. Russia requested the meeting to hear from UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, who will brief the council via videoconference from Geneva at 1400 GMT, diplomats said. De Mistura earlier took aim at Russia, ...
The Security Council on Thursday unanimously backed Antonio Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal who was the UN’s refugee chief for a decade, to be the next secretary-general. The 15 council members adopted a resolution formally presenting Guterres as their choice to be the world’s new diplomat-in-chief and requesting ...
