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
Sep 22 WATCH: Trump dismisses concerns about AI risks at UN, says he won't rein it in By Steff Staples President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the United Nations that he is changing the term "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence" because it's "more accurate," as he dismissed global concerns about the technology and its effects on humanity. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Trump addresses 2026 United Nations General Assembly By Aamer Madhani, Farnoush Amiri, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press President Donald Trump returned to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday at a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency — and made the case that he's shown fortitude while other leaders have equivocated. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: Day 1 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Sep 03 Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get… Continue reading
Aug 27 Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies in prison at 84 By Associated Press The bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers’ bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials said. Continue reading