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WATCH: Secretary-General Guterres warns ‘the pillars of peace and progress are buckling’ at U.N. General Assembly

By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

The United Nations chief challenged world leaders Tuesday to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power and where nations come together rather than scramble for self-interests.

4 things to know about Iran’s nuclear program as deadline nears for UN ‘snapback’ sanctions

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

As the U.N. General Assembly meets this week in New York, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have a last chance to try to halt the sanctions.

The Secret Service has dismantled a telecom threat near the UN. It could have disabled cell service in NYC

By Mike Balsamo, Associated Press

Forensic analysis is ongoing, and authorities suspect nation-state actors.

WATCH: Trump escalates criticism of UN in first General Assembly address since reelection

By Aamer Madhani, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution.

WATCH: Day 1 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

By Aamer Madhani, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

World leaders listened closely to his Tuesday remarks at the U.N. General Assembly as Trump has already moved quickly to diminish U.S. support for the world body in his first eight months in office.

U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president, other officials ahead of UN General Assembly

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law.

At UN, Biden urges leaders to work for peace as Israeli, Hezbollah fighting intensifies

By Nick Schifrin, Solveig Rennan, Dan Sagalyn

The situation in Lebanon and northern Israel is tense after the second day in a row of major Israeli airstrikes. Israel said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut, while Hezbollah launched missiles at Israeli military and civilian sites.

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‘It will only be civilians who pay the price’ if Middle East war expands, USAID chief says

By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn, Kayan Tara

The U.S. Agency for International Development is engaged in many of the conflict zones around the world, supplying vital humanitarian assistance to millions in need. Amna Nawaz sat down with Samantha Power, the administrator of USAID, to discuss those efforts.

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WATCH: At UNGA, Secretary-General Guterres calls global situation ‘unsustainable’

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Citing deepening geopolitical divisions, wars with no end in sight, climate change and nuclear and emerging weapons, he says humanity is "edging towards the unimaginable – a powder keg that risks engulfing the world."…

UN General Assembly votes to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, U.S. opposes resolution

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

The vote in the 193-member world body was 153 in favor, 10 against and 23 abstention, greater support than for an Oct. 27 resolution that called for a "humanitarian truce" leading to a cessation of hostilities.