United Nations Security Council

Positive ‘Movement’

Relations with Russia are at an ‘all-time low,’ according to the president, but with a key abstention at the UN and jab at North Korea, Beijing may be coming around.

RAY OF HOPE

António Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal, will lead the world body after a rare show of unity by the two most powerful security council members fighting a proxy war in Syria.

About-Faces

The diplomat who said the dictator should be “part of the solution” now tells Syrian dissidents the U.S. should pressure him to leave—with force.