Sep 24 WATCH: Palestinian President Abbas addresses 2026 UN General Assembly By Associated Press Abbas made the prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row. Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: Day 3 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly By Associated Press Competing speeches from Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas commanded attention at the United Nations on Thursday, even though the Palestinian leader wasn't there in person: The United States denied him a visa. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 4:56 At UN General Assembly, Iran's president responds to Trump's 'annihilation' threat By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart The president of Iran told the United Nations General Assembly his country won’t bend to U.S. intimidation. Masoud Pezeshkian spoke one day after President Trump threatened to escalate the war from the same stage. On the sidelines, U.S. and Iranian… Continue watching
Sep 23 AI firm leaders tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or, at least, its people. Continue reading
Sep 23 WATCH: Iranian President Pezeshkian addresses 2026 UN General Assembly By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he could “annihilate” the Islamic republic. Continue reading
Sep 23 WATCH: Day 2 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly By Nayara Batschke, Associated Press Venezuela’s acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections Wednesday and said the nation’s people will determine the “right moment.”… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 8:50 Trump defends Iran war and threatens annihilation at UN General Assembly By Nick Schifrin, Geoff Bennett President Trump took his “America First” foreign policy to the world stage, using his address to the UN General Assembly to defend the war with Iran and issue a stark warning to Iran's leadership. Trump said a deal could come… Continue watching
Sep 22 Fact-checking Trump's speech to the 2026 United Nations General Assembly By Caleb McCullough, Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero, Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ robust use of military force in Iran, Venezuela and elsewhere, saying the international community is incapable of handling threats from those countries. Here are… Continue reading
Sep 22 Brazil's Lula warns against foreign interference in elections, urges leaders to respond to global conflicts By Nayara Batschke, Associated Press Lula also criticized the global body for failing to prevent wars, saying its credibility is at an all-time low. Continue reading
Sep 22 Diplomats face a world in turmoil as UN opens annual meeting By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press With two escalating wars raging on in Europe and the Middle East, a global economy in flux and a shifting world order, international leaders are arriving in New York on Tuesday to an outlook that is massively dissimilar to this… Continue reading