Sep 22 Turkey, Greece soon to resume talks on maritime boundary disputes By Associated Press Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks aimed at resolving long-festering disputes, following a weeks-long standoff between the neighbors over maritime boundaries and rights to exploit offshore oil and gas resources. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Turkey’s Erdogan criticizes U.N. for leaving countries ‘on their own’ at start of pandemic By Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday criticized the start of the pandemic “where countries were left on their own,” stressing that “effective multilateralism requires effective multilateral institutions.”… Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Putin urges end to sanctions to boost world economy By Daria Litvinova, Angela Charlton, Associated Press In a somewhat muted speech for the often tough-talking Russian leader, Putin told the U.N.’s 75th anniversary gathering that countries need to work together better to fight the virus and other global problems. Continue reading
Sep 22 U.K. prime minister orders new restrictions as COVID cases surge: ‘This virus is a fact of our lives’ By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britons on Tuesday that they should not expect to return to a normal social or work life for at least six months. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Bolsonaro claims Brazil is victim of environmental smear campaign By David Biller, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: COVID-19 shows importance of international cooperation, Xi says By Ted Anthony, Foster Klug, Associated Press “Burying one’s head in the sand like an ostrich in the face of economic globalization or trying to fight it with Don Quixote’s lance goes against the trend of history. Let this be clear: The world will never return to… Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: UN chief says there’s an ‘epochal’ crisis as world powers meet remotely By Jennifer Peltz, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N.'s first-ever virtual meeting of global leaders Tuesday that the world is facing an "epochal" health crisis, the biggest economic calamity and job losses since the Great Depression, threats to human rights and worries of… Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: At U.N., Trump faults China’s coronavirus response By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press President Donald Trump is set to give a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly as he grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, chilly relations between the U.S. and China and ongoing threats from North Korea and Iran — all during… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 6:46 The international implications of new U.S. sanctions on Iran The Trump administration announced additional sanctions on Iran Monday, after declaring over the weekend that all United Nation sanctions initially lifted by the Iran nuclear deal had been reimposed. But that “snapback” of UN sanctions was rejected by much of… Continue watching
Sep 21 ‘We are not letting down our guard.’ COVID-19 is another challenge for U.N. peacekeepers By Sebastian Rich Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that according to the World Health Organization has killed more than 900,000 people globally, United Nations peacekeepers are still deploying around the world. One of those missions is currently ongoing in Cyprus, due to a conflict… Continue reading