World Sep 28 WATCH: Russian foreign minister invokes nuclear capacity in UN speech condemning the West Russia's top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United…
World Sep 25 U.S. and France work together on proposal for a 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah France’s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country and the United States are working on a proposal for a 21-day cease-fire proposal “to allow for negotiations” in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed more than 600 people in…
World Sep 25 WATCH: Iran wants to play ‘constructive role’ in world affairs, Pezeshkian says at UN In his first speech at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders, Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday struck a somewhat more measured tone than his predecessors often have in recent years.
Politics Sep 25 WATCH: Zelenskyy urges UN General Assembly to seek ‘real, just peace’ for Ukraine At a time when he faces growing pressure from Western allies and some of his fellow Ukrainians to negotiate a cease-fire, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly there's no alternative to the “peace formula” he presented two years…
World Sep 25 WATCH: 2024 United Nations General Assembly – Day 2 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the podium, implored world leaders not to give in to calls for a ceasefire that doesn't guarantee Ukraine's sovereignty.
World Sep 24 Your short glossary to UN General Assembly meeting lingo The U.N. General Assembly's yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers.
Nation Sep 18 Weinstein pleads not guilty after being indicted on new sex crime charge in New York Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Nation Sep 11 WATCH: U.S. remembers 9/11 victims in ceremonies at Pentagon and Pennsylvania crash site “Every year, it just doesn’t get easier.”…
Politics Aug 14 Judge Merchan rejects Trump’s latest demand to step aside from hush money case In a decision posted Wednesday, Judge Juan M. Merchan declined to step aside and said Donald Trump's demand was a rehash “rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims.”…
Politics Aug 06 Judge delays ruling on presidential immunity in Trump’s hush money case The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is pushing back a date for a key ruling on presidential immunity until two days before Trump’s scheduled sentencing.