As the high-level debate enters a fourth day, The Takeaway looks back at key highlights on Thursday, with Israeli and ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the UN General Assembly to defend Israel’s strikes against Iran as a ...

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on world leaders on Thursday to turn knowledge into action, reform international ...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) continues to operate under “extraordinary pressure”, UN ...

The Vice-President of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazir, told the UN General Assembly on ...

World leaders approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise by consensus on Thursday as the UN chief warned that encroaching ...

Sea level rise is among the most visible consequences of global warming, but for some countries, it is an imminent existential threat. World leaders meet Thursday to adopt a new declaration and debate ...

Israeli policies now threaten “the very life and existence of the Palestinian people on their homeland”, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly on Thursday, urging the world ...

Yemen: deepening conflict and appalling impact on civilians; OHCHRGaza’s economic collapse has wiped out decades of ...

The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) cautioned against growing global demand for “blood-stained minerals” in the rush to net-zero, in her speech to the UN General Assembly.

Russian armed forces have carried out repeated attacks across Ukraine over the past several days, killing and injuring civilians and damaging homes, hospitals, shops and workplaces, UN human rights ...

From deadly floods in the Himalayas to wildfires and extreme heat across Europe, 2026 has brought a succession of stark ...