U.S. first lady Melania Trump will preside over a U.N. Security Council meeting in what the United Nations said Thursday would be a first.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump will preside over a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday that will focus on children in conflict, one of her signature issues, at a turbulent time as the United States has joined Israel in attacking Iran.

The U.S. had refused to pay off the huge debt owed to the United Nations, with additional debt for peacekeeping missions.

The United Nations says the United States has paid about $160 million of the nearly $4 billion it owes, and President Donald Trump is promising more money to the financially strapped world organization.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - First lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday as the U.S. takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House said.

After a year of tearing down global norms and withdrawing from UN bodies, US President Donald Trump is trying his hand at international institution building with his self-styled "Board of Peace" -- to wide skepticism. Unlike the United Nations, where every ...

Trump says he authorized strike killing Iranian leader Khamenei before Tehran, Iran, could act on alleged assassination plots against him and officials.

World leaders are reacting in very different ways after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation across the region