All 100 members of the U.S. Senate signed a letter Thursday urging the United Nations to stop unfairly targeting Israel. The senators noted that while the U.S. co-founded the UN “with the intention of saving future generations from war,” today many member states and agencies “are using the U.N.’s privileged platform to...

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Israel for a two-day visit on 22 May, official sources in Jerusalem told The Times of Israel on Thursday. A delegation of some 25 U.S. officials landed in Israel on Thursday to start planning what is due to be the president’s first...

The United States ambassador to the United Nations identified Iran, along with its proxy group Hezbollah, as the “chief culprit” behind instability in the Middle East during a Security Council meeting on Thursday. “If we are speaking honestly about conflict in the Middle East, we need to start with the...

Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that would have condemned last week’s alleged chemical attack in Syria and demanded that the Syrian regime cooperate with international investigators. The resolution was drafted and proposed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France, who responded...

Russia must choose between partnering with the United States or the Iranian axis, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at a meeting of the G7 nations in Italy on Tuesday. “We want to relieve the suffering of the Syrian people. Russia can be a part of that future and...

Russia on Thursday said it considers Israel’s capital to be western Jerusalem, making it the first country in the world to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any part of the city. Moscow’s unexpected announcement reflects “a sharp shift in Russian policy,” which had previously supported placing Jerusalem under the governance of an unspecified...