As the spectacle of UN Week commenced against the backdrop of Syrian bloodshed, a discussion of structural UN reform could not be more timely.

Since everything and anything gets into the American election campaign, a General Assembly vote before November is not on the agenda. After that the to-ing and fro-ing begins.

* Israeli leader seeks to maintain cooperation with U.S. * Clocks tick on Tehran's nuclear projects, U.S. election (Edits, adds lea...

By Louis Charbonneau and Arshad Mohammed UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Wednesday his country was under ...

President Obama is scheduled to address the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at 10:00am E.T. Watch Obama's speech in the livestream...

The civil war in Syria and its 26,000 dead are dominating this week's U.N. General Assembly session but no solution is expected to emerge. The same goes for the Islamic uprisings against the United States and Iran's nuclear program.

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's reformist president left Monday for New York to tout his country's makeover at the United Nations and push for an end to ...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is back in town for the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. On Monday, the Iranian president spoke out on Iran'...

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- Democratic uprisings across the Arab world and the Palestinians' bid for U.N. membership sp...

* Out of 160 Iranian visa applications, 20 refused -Fars * No reason given, but many officials subject to sanctions * Ah...

ANKARA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled a Sept. 22-25 trip to the United States where he was due to attend a...