U.N. chief urges all parties in the growing conflict to ‘step back from the brink.’

The secretary general of the United Nations warned all actors involved in escalating tensions in the Middle East to “step back from the brink” and “consider the horrendous human cost of a regional conflict” at a Security Council meeting on Tuesday.

That message was delivered during the high-level session about the conflict in which foreign ministers focused on the war spreading out of Gaza and Israel and the need for establishing a two-state solution for lasting peace. Read more

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