President Lee Jae Myung called to “prioritize national interest” amid a volatile international situation as he presided over ...

Lee attends National Security Council meeting President Lee Jae Myung (2nd from R) attends a plenary meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential office in Seoul on July 10, 2025, in ...

A significant overhaul of the National Security Council at the White House is expected in the coming days, including a staff reduction and a reinforced top-down approach with decision-making ...

Gov. Henry McMaster was selected to chair the Homeland Security Advisory Council, which helps guide Homeland Security ...

Tuesday's vote marked the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The Arab nations behind the plan hoped to show broad support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.

The Security Council has five permanent members—the United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom—collectively known as the P5. Any one of them can veto a resolution.

The Security Council is the United Nations' most powerful body, with the ability to impose sanctions and authorize the use of force. There are five permanent members of the council: Russia, France ...

Nikolai Patrushev, the powerful Security Council secretary and close Putin ally from their days together at the KGB in St. Petersburg, told the Russian president that the United States was behind ...

Karin Landgren, the executive director of Security Council Report, a nonprofit organization focused on making the Security Council more effective, and a former UN undersecretary-general, has ...