United Nations (UN)

United Nations (UN)

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi. Photo Collected

US approves visas for Pezeshkian, Araghchi to attend UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly is taking place amid a military deadlock between Washington and Tehran, with no clear path towards reviving diplomatic talks or reopening the Strait of Hormuz

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appears on a screen as he addresses delegates during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

UN allows Palestinian president to again speak via video after US denies visa

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, April 27, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

World leaders return to UN amid wars in Middle East and Ukraine

People carry coffins as they attend the funeral of the victims following an Israeli strike on a school, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Minab, Iran, March 3, 2026. Photo: Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

What does the UN report say about US war crimes in Iran?

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

UN chief 'deeply regrets' US visa refusal to Abbas for annual meeting

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One, en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, following a two-day visit to Ireland, 13 September, 2026. REUTERS

As Iran war grinds on, Trump to face skeptical world leaders at UN

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US on 14 September 2020. File Photo REUTERS

Preparing to leave office, UN chief reflects on a world beset by problems

The Minab school, which was damaged in a strike on February 28, in Minab, Iran, August 27, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, Tehran crimes against humanity

A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters in Rome, Italy, 9 October, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli/ File photo

UN accepts Trump nominee to head World Food Programme

Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi arrive to the opening of the IAEA General Conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, 14 September, 2026.

Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting

Myanmar's Ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun speaks during a special session of the UN General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, US, March 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Myanmar government revokes status and seeks action against UN envoy Kyaw Moe Tun

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is breaking the ceasefire and hurling accusations of a deep state coup because he feels threatened. Photo: Reuters

Netanyahu's planned UN visit draws arrest calls and protest warnings

The file photo of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. Photo: Collected

UN rights chief calls for independent oversight body for Bangladesh law enforcement