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Brazil's Lula warns against foreign interference in elections, urges leaders to respond to global conflicts

By Nayara Batschke, Associated Press

Technical problems at a key air traffic center disrupt flights across Northeast

On Monday morning, the primary circuit that carries data into that air traffic control facility failed, affecting flights for Philadelphia as well as Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

WATCH: Day 1 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” as he made his final address Tuesday to a yearly gathering of world leaders convening to face a formidable menu of challenges — from climate change and war to…

By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

British Prime Minister hosts Downing Street reception for emergency response volunteers and organisations

British PM Burnham set to meet Trump for first time at UN in New York

Burnham plans to discuss ways to bolster Ukraine's defenses and ease fuel prices that have soared since the US-Israeli war with Iran blocked ships from moving freely through the Strait of Hormuz.

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City

WATCH: Day 7 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

The seventh day of high-level debate at the United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to begin Monday at 9 a.m. EDT.

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

WATCH: U.S. military in the Caribbean an 'illegal' threat, Venezuela tells UN General Assembly

By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has dispatched a fleet of American warships into the waters off Venezuela, bragged about fatal strikes on alleged drug boats and claimed Venezuela will pay an “incalculable” price if it won't accept more people deported from the U.S.

WATCH: Any aggression against Russia will meet a 'decisive response,' foreign minister tells U.N.

By Jennifer Peltz, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

As new tensions rise between Russia and NATO powers, Moscow's top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation doesn't intend to attack Europe but will mount a “decisive response” to any aggression.

WATCH: Day 4 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

By Joseph Krauss, Jennifer Peltz, Adam Geller, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations on Friday, it will be at the helm of a country that is increasingly being treated as a pariah, even by some of its longtime allies.

Drug enforcement is rarely a focus of the U.N. General Assembly. This year is different

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Barbs between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro laid bare, on global diplomacy's biggest stage, the world's wide and pointed differences over how to deal with drugs.