Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and decline UN general assembly meetings are not usually riveting occasions. But this year’s encapsulated a world in flux and crisis, an international law and organisa

The French president’s resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other ‘middle powers’ On the first day of the United Nations general assembly this week, two world leaders outlined competing visions for the future. Donald Trump’s speech was disturbingly familiar to those he’s give

A group of nations will gather on Friday to address the crisis. The only response to unilateral bullying is collective action The international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability. On Monday, the UN gener

I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars. I refuse to be complicit in genocide Benjamin Netanyahu belongs at The Hague; not in the streets of New York City, and certainly not before the United Nations

Protest outside UN headquarters drew hundreds of people as Israeli prime minister prepared to speak As the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , prepared to deliver his speech at the UN headquarters in New York City on Thursday, hundreds of people blocked traffic on the streets outside, with

The incident is the latest in a series of recent cases involving people entering or departing the US city’s sewer network Three unidentified people were seen emerging from a manhole in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood early Wednesday before fleeing the area, police said, in an incide

Benjamin Netanyahu lands in New York today to speak at the UN general assembly. This visit marks the Israeli prime minister's first time in the city since Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to arrest him for war crimes – and it's happening as support for Israel among US voters is taking an unprecedented p

As the secretary general, António Guterres, prepares to step down, the general assembly is highlighting the scale of the organisation’s challenges The United Nations was created, its charter states , to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. Donald Trump used his address to th

It is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday to the United Nations general assembly was an object lesson in his lawless rule and remarkable capacity for self-delusion. Disregarding the UN charter

The PM’s shiny newness could explain the easy ride he got this time. But who would dare predict the ever-shifting weather in the president’s head? Watching footage of Andy Burnham at the UN general assembly on Tuesday was like watching your child from behind a tree in the playground. Are they ma

Cuban delegates left the room during the US president's speech to the UN general assembly, where he called Cuba 'a failed state' and said the country 'will fall'. The US has maintained a trade embargo on Cuba for more than 60 years, and Trump's administration has stepped up pressure on the communist

Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead Expectations were low for Donald Trump’s address to the UN on Tuesday, and yet somehow it was even worse than expected. He does not perform well in formal settings, lik