United Nations General Assembly

PA's UK Embassy praises Foreign Sec. Miliband's ban on trade with West Bank settlements

PA Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot praised Britain's settlement trade ban as a "turning point" and called for further sanctions, including an arms embargo on Israel.

Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025; illustrative.
A pro-Taiwan protester holds a flag during a demonstration outside of the United Nations offices on the opening day of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization's annual meeting, on May 22, 2017, in Geneva.

Taiwan FM to 'Post': The UN cannot defend freedom without Taiwan's participation - opinion

Artists perform, as Kurdish female fighters attend a military parade to mark the 13th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Qamishli, Syria, April 4, 2026.

UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family

Candidate for the position of United Nations secretary-general, Michelle Bachelet, speaks during the "UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General" event at United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, July 23, 2026.

US intends to pay $725 million towards UN debt, Congressional document shows


Trump's UN speech shakes the foundations of Western democracy - opinion

The message is clear: The age of denial is over, and those who do not wake up now will pay the price in the near future.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures after addressing the UN General Assembly.

Netanyahu's UNGA speech: Defiant strength, lingering questions - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech embodied both the strengths and weaknesses that have marked his leadership since October 7.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly on Friday. The speech has been greeted with both applause and derision, says the writer.

'They panic at our ankle': Iran censors legs of Swedish, Finnish FMs at UNGA

Iran, known for its restrictive modesty laws that have seen women murdered for failing to cover their hair, blurred the legs of Finnish FM Elina Valtonen and Swedish FM Maria Malmer Stenergard.

Iranian state media censors legs of foreign officials at UNGA.

World Jewish Congress president Ron Lauder and al-Sharaa discuss impasse in Syria-Israel talks

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met World Jewish Congress head Ronald Lauder in New York to discuss stalled Syrian-Israeli negotiations, though no deal was announced.

Syrian President Al-Sharaa met with the president of the World Jewish Congress.

Widespread hate: When the places you trusted turn against you - opinion

Torn and hurt, I’m unsure if renewing my membership is the right choice or if walking away is the only way to stand up to what feels like betrayal.

People attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he delivers an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters, in New York, U.S., September 26, 2025

Netanyahu the huckster: A failed UN speech serving to isolate Israel - opinion

Like an outdated pitchman, Netanyahu resorted to his usual tricks – charts, QR codes, quizzes, theatrical gestures – that no longer work.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly on Friday. Like an outdated pitchman, he resorted to his usual tricks – charts, QR codes, quizzes, theatrical gestures – that no longer work, the writer argues.

Syrian President al-Sharaa met with the president of the World Jewish Congress

Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Ronald Lauder in New York during Sharaa's visit to the United Nations.

Syrian President Al-Sharaa met with the president of the World Jewish Congress.

Palestinian sovereignty and international law: Limits of UN recognition - opinion

Among other things, if current UN member states seek to establish the first Palestinian state, they will have to honor all listed expectations of the Montevideo (1933) and Vienna (1969) conventions.

RIYAD MANSOUR, the Palestinian permanent observer to the UN, speaks after the General Assembly voted to endorse a declaration on a two-state solution earlier this month. Israel has no legal obligation to carve a new enemy state, the writer states.

Masterpiece of optics: The walkout of Netanyahu's speech is an orchestration of emptiness - opinion

It was not a plan; it was punctuation. It did not change the sentence; it changed the emphasis. And emphasis, in our age of clip and caption, is not nothing.

DELEGATES WALK OUT before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN General Assembly on Friday. Delegations from across the Arab and Muslim worlds, a sprinkling of Africans, and some Europeans rose and left, the writer notes.

Israel praises UN snapback of sanctions against Iran for nuke violations

Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised the UN move to reinstate sanctions on Iran, calling it vital to stopping Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.