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The UN’s Int'l Day to Combat Islamophobia is a step in the right direction

The institutionalisation of such a day has high symbolic value, despite its limits.

US abstains instead of voting ‘no’ on UN resolution on Palestinian rights

The Biden administration has moved away from Trump-era voting patterns on Israel-Palestine issues after the US abstained on a UN resolution supporting Palestinian refugees right to return to occupied territories.

Israel 'won't allow' nukes to Iran; Tehran says Israel has hundreds of them

Israeli PM Bennett threatens to act alone if world does not take action against Iran which he says is closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon. Tehran rejects Bennett's UN speech as "full of lies."

Afghanistan voiceless as annual UNGA summit wraps

Dispute between Taliban and former government envoy over who should speak at UN's annual meeting of world leaders ends up without a speech from Afghanistan.

Imran Khan paints US as abandoner of Pakistan and Afghanistan

In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan touched on a range of topics and reserved his harshest words for India, labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government “fascist.”

Day 3 of UNGA: Leaders highlight disparity in Covid vaccine availability

Inequity of vaccine distribution comes into sharper focus on third day of UN General Assembly with South African leader saying, "It is an indictment on humanity that more than 82% of world doses have been acquired by rich countries."

Is Biden's pledge to donate 500m vaccine doses too little, too late?

US President Joe Biden has committed to donate three vaccine doses to developing nations for every one dose that goes to Americans. But critics wonder why it won’t start before next year.

World leaders address Covid, climate crisis at UNGA summit

UN General Assembly meeting continues on the second day with leaders in attendance for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Biden: US to rely on diplomacy instead of wars

At UNGA, Joe Biden declares himself to be the first US president in 20 years not to be running a war after his pullout of troops from Afghanistan, where the Taliban swiftly took over.

Erdogan: Turkey, US decisively move towards $100B trade

Turkey’s president also underlined that energy has emerged as a top category in cooperative trade between Turkish and American businesses.

UN assembly condemns Myanmar coup, calls for arms embargo

The United Nations General Assembly has called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

UN chief urges end to Israel assault as Gaza ‘hell on earth for children’

The UN chief Antonio Guterres and representatives of several other states have urged an immediate halt to the violence in Palestine at the start of a General Assembly emergency meeting, as Israeli aggression against Palestine continued on the field.