The UN General Assembly passes a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, highlighting the Security Council's inaction and putting pressure on Israel and the US.

Sweden has seen a series of burnings of the Islamic holy book, with the government voicing condemnation but saying it cannot stop acts protected under laws on free expression. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- who has put pressure for months on Sweden over its welcome to Kurdish activists Turkey...

New York, UN - The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will discuss the revival of the grain deal with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as well as with presidents of Turkey and Ukraine Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Zelensky next week. The discussions will be held during personal meetings...

Stressing that “we are in a race against time” on issues from climate change and biodiversity loss to education and gender equality, he calls on Member States to “put money where our promises are” — supporting sustainable development with appropriate regulations, financing, capacity-building and verification.

Ankara, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin in September, ahead of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, which begins on September 19, s political source based in Ankara disclosed this information to TASS, a Russian news agency. The...

Israel's new right-wing government said Friday it will withhold millions of dollars in tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority. This followed the Authority's successful lobbying for a UN vote referring Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories to the International Court of Justice.

European newspapers and rights groups have put a spotlight on Qatar's record in the runup to the tournament that starts November 20 and is expected to attract more than one million fans.

In a bilateral meeting last week during the UN General Assembly, Guterres "stressed to President Raisi the need to respect human rights, including freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. "We are increasingly concerned about reports of rising fatalities, including women and children, related to the...

The funds are scheduled to be deposited in a trust account to finance programs as per the needs of refugees and their host communities in the member countries of the Islamic Development Bank.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is the target of the complaint for his role as a judge in the 1980s when thousands of people were sentenced to death in the country. A group of Iranian dissidents and ex-prisoners filed a civil suit in New York against Raisi while he attended the...

The USA has alleged Ebrahim Raisi was involved in mass execution of detained leftists in 1988 while he was chief prosecutor of the Tehran revolutionary court. However, Raisi has denied the allegations on two occasions -- in 2018 and 2020.

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow's invasion by a vast majority of the world's nations. After more than two days of extraordinary debate, which saw the Ukrainian ambassador accuse Russia of genocide, 141...

Nearly 200,000 hectares (around 480,000 acres) of forest have been scorched in Turkey this year -- more than five times the annual average for 2008-2020, data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show. Turkey's total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 157.7 percent between 1990 and 2019, according to...

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Bennett claimed the Islamic republic had in recent years taken "a major leap forward" in its nuclear production capacity

Iran’s moves could ultimately contribute to building regional relations based on mutual cooperation and respect.

The world must act, and act now, if we are to reach zero hunger by 2030, the UAE’s Minister of State for Food Security Mariam Hareb Almheiri has said at a UN summit. "The magnitude of the task that faces the global community in meeting SDG 2 — Zero Hunger...