Sep 20 WATCH LIVE: Day 2 of UN General Assembly debate By News Desk World leaders deliver speeches for a second day at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. You can watch them all here. Continue reading
Sep 19 Erdogan defends his actions after coup attempt in PBS NewsHour interview By Larisa Epatko Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the PBS NewsHour that it is wrong for the United States to deny the sale of guns to his guards in response to his crackdown on terrorist organizations. You can watch excerpts of the… Continue reading
Sep 19 WATCH: At UN, Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea By Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Associated Press NEW YORK — President Donald Trump, in a combative debut speech to the U.N. General Assembly, threatened the "total destruction'" of North Korea if it does not abandon its drive toward nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Sep 18 LISTEN LIVE: White House addresses U.N. summit in news briefing By Erica R. Hendry Brian Hook, Director of Policy Planning, State Department, will give an off camera press briefing at 5 p.m. Listen live here. Continue reading
Sep 15 WATCH LIVE: White House expected to preview Trump’s first U.N. summit By Joshua Barajas The news briefing starts at 1:15 p.m. Watch live here. Continue reading
Sep 14 What to watch in Trump’s first meeting with the UN General Assembly By Larisa Epatko Speeches start Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. What is in store for the international body and the “America first” president?… Continue reading
Sep 21 Column: Who will be next to lead the UN? By Vikram Mansharamani At the end of the year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will step down after a decade of service. Who will be the next person to tackle issues like climate change and the refugee crisis?… Continue reading
Sep 20 51 companies pledge $650 million in refugee support, White House announces By Darlene Superville, Associated Press NEW YORK — More than four dozen U.S. businesses have pledged $650 million in support to help some of the world’s refugees, the White House announced Tuesday as President Barack Obama seeks to highlight the refugee plight before world… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 4:16 Leaders see Islamic State fight as long slog By PBS NewsHour Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner, reporting from the UN, talks with Judy Woodruff about what came out of an anti-Islamic State meeting among world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and a meeting between President Obama and Russian… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 3:11 At UN, coalition finds little consensus on how to fight extremism By PBS NewsHour President Obama led a meeting of more than 60 nations at the United Nations on ways to combat violent extremism and dismantle the Islamic State, but consensus on how to proceed eluded the coalition. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner… Continue watching