Request for International Court of Justice's opinion is made in a resolution adopted by General Assembly with 87 votes in favour. Israel, US and 24 other members vote against, while 53 abstain.
Türkiye's statement came in response to Greek PM Mitsotakis who accused Ankara of playing "a destabilising role in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Caucasus," in an address to the UNGA.
Some of the world's most climate change affected countries are pushing to create a funding facility for "loss and damage" to be established at UN climate negotiations in November.
As many as 19,700 people are estimated to be dying of hunger every day, over 200 NGOs say in a open letter addressing world leaders gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
Western defence officials and analysts say they believed the Russian forces were setting up a new defensive line in Ukraine's northeast, as fighting enters its 206th day.
The measure is intended to make veto-holders United States, China, Russia, France and Britain "pay a higher political price" when they use the veto to strike down a Security Council resolution, says an ambassador.
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.”
From the 193-member UN General Assembly, 120 countries voted in favour of a resolution which condemns Israel for its "excessive use of force" against Palestinians.
Measure drafted by Canada passes by a vote of 122 to 13 in the 193-nation assembly, with 36 abstentions. Russia, Iran and China oppose the resolution.
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