Sep 23 WATCH: 2023 United Nations General Assembly – Day 5 By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press It's Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 3:50 News Wrap: Tropical Storm Ophelia expected to bring flooding to East Coast In our news wrap Friday, Tropical Storm Ophelia barreled toward the East Coast, with expected landfall Saturday morning in North Carolina. Also, a judge at Guantanamo Bay has declared one of the defendants in the 9/11 attacks case unfit for… Continue watching
Sep 22 WATCH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 2023 United Nations General Assembly By Associated Press Netanyahu says Israel is "at the cusp” of a historic breakthrough leading to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia. But he did not outline a clear path for clearing the hurdles facing such a deal. Continue reading
Sep 22 EU official says United Nations is in urgent need of reform By Associated Press The EU is not a U.N. member-state but is one of three permanent observers allowed to speak at the General Debate. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: 2023 United Nations General Assembly – Day 4 By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press It's Day 4 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 7:30 U.S. diplomat discusses American policy toward Ukraine amid Russian aggression By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Morgan Till, Zeba Warsi Before his mission to Washington, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy first stopped in New York on Tuesday to address the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. Ambassador Victoria Nuland, who is the acting deputy secretary of state for the U.S., joins… Continue watching
Sep 21 UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians since last year By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Researchers say that as settlements expand under Netanyahu's far-right government and more newly established outposts are authorized, Palestinians living in villages nearby are experiencing unprecedented levels of violence. Continue reading
Sep 20 WATCH: 2023 United Nations General Assembly – Day 3 By Ted Anthony, Associated Press China told assembled world leaders that it considers itself part of the Global South, saying it identifies with the goals and challenges of less-developed nations and offering them an alternative to what it has long called “Western hegemony.”… Continue reading
Sep 20 UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to curtail democracy ahead of 2024 election By Associated Press A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country's government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment. Continue reading
Sep 20 UN chief warns ‘gates of hell’ are at hand in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations remain silent By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In his Wednesday special climate ambition summit he was pleading with major polluting nations to do more. Those nations remain silent. Continue reading