Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrates after winning the final of the women's 500-meter during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympics Live: US figure skater Zhou out after COVID test

Feb. 06, 2022 09:07 PM EST

FILE - Finland's Leo Komarov speaks with referees during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Russia and Finland in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Leo Komarov is expected to play for Finland at the Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. Komarov played in the NHL as recently as October, and he and the New York Islanders agreed to mutually terminate his contract in November.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Olympics Live: US diplomat says human rights should be focus

Feb. 05, 2022 09:23 PM EST

Russia says Syria can deliver aid, Turkey not essential

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 22, 2021 07:11 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow disagrees that there is no alternative to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest...

A young boy looks up as displaced Tigrayans line up to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 10, 2021 05:41 PM EDT

US envoy heads to Turkey seeking to ensure aid to Syrians

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 01, 2021 07:56 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S ambassador to the United Nations headed to Turkey late Tuesday seeking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered to Syria...

International official: Bosnian Serbs seek to split country

By Edith M. Lederer May. 04, 2021 08:58 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top international official in Bosnia warned Tuesday that ethnic Serb leaders are making a concerted effort to split the country, or...

FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021, file photo, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the IBEW Training Center in Concord, N.H. Harris will make the case before United Nations members on Monday, April 26, 2021, that now is the time for global leaders to begin putting the serious work into how they will respond to the next global pandemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Harris tells UN body it's time to prepare for next pandemic

By Aamer Madhani Apr. 26, 2021 07:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021, file photo, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the IBEW Training Center in Concord, N.H. Harris will make the case before United Nations members on Monday, April 26, 2021, that now is the time for global leaders to begin putting the serious work into how they will respond to the next global pandemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Harris to tell UN body it's time to prep for next pandemic

By Aamer Madhani Apr. 25, 2021 07:00 PM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden OKs more foreign seasonal workers as economy improves

By Ben Fox Apr. 20, 2021 01:38 PM EDT

An Afghan security official looks for mines or improvised explosive device with metal detector on a roadside during a trip organized by the police for The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
UN chief warns that use of IEDs is increasing globally

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 08, 2021 04:16 PM EDT

A Palestinian flag flies over the annual Land Day rally in the Arab city of Arraba, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Land Day rallies by Palestinians protest what they say are discriminatory policies and to commemorate the deaths of six Arab protesters who were killed by police on March 30, 1976, while demonstrating against an Israeli plan to confiscate Arab land. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Biden administration quietly ramping up aid to Palestinians

By Matthew Lee Mar. 31, 2021 11:44 AM EDT

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an online joint news conference with UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock at the conclusion of a conference 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria's crisis

By Samuel Petrequin Mar. 30, 2021 04:43 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 1, 2021 file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks to reporters during a news conference at United Nations headquarters. The United States says it is giving $15 million to vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas-Greenfield told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, March 25, that the money will support the Catholic Relief Services' COVID-19 response in health care facilities. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
US gives $15 million to Palestinians to deal with COVID-19

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 25, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

Biden meets UN Security Council, pledges global engagement

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 18, 2021 10:05 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden met virtually Thursday with the U.N. Security Council and reaffirmed his determination to restore America’s global...

In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UN appeals for $5.5 billion to avert famine for 34 million

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 11, 2021 11:55 AM EST

A team from Medecins Sans Frontieres carries medicines on their backs across a hillside in Tsaeda Emba, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The United Nations in its latest humanitarian report on the situation in Tigray says the "humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate" as fighting intensifies across the northern region. (Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)
UN aid chief calls for Eritrean forces to leave Tigray

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 04, 2021 04:00 PM EST

In this Feb. 27, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Biden took office promising to move quickly to restore and repair America’s relations with the rest of the world. Yet one major nation has yet to see any U.S. effort to improve ties, and that's China. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China

By Matthew Lee Mar. 03, 2021 06:02 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she'll vote against confirming President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Collins' announcement Monday throws Tanden's confirmation further into doubt. On Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia became the first Democratic lawmaker to oppose Tanden’s confirmation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
A look at how Biden's Cabinet nominees fared Tuesday

By Ashraf Khalil Feb. 23, 2021 05:50 PM EST