Israel's foreign minister said on Wednesday that he was barring U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country because he had not "unequivocally" condemned Iran's missile attack on Israel.

UN chief Antonio Guterres is now persona non grata in Israel, says Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed its full support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel's foreign minister said he was barring him from entering the country. The 15-member council said in a statement that “any decision not to engage with the U.