Iran Will Not Be Bullied, President Masoud Pezeshkian Says in U.N. Speech
President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would not give up its civilian nuclear program, but left the door opened for diplomacy with the United St...
India’s Election Panel Faces New Scrutiny Over Voter Roll Revisions
An explosive news report says election commission members objected to the measures that excluded millions of people from voting, which critics say fav...
Stanislas Hutin, Who Denounced Torture in France’s Algerian War, Dies at 95
He was among the first to chronicle the French force’s systematic abuse of Algerians, brutal encounters that he documented in his journal and with his...
Zelensky Is Expected to Warn Russia’s Aggression Won’t Stop at Ukraine’s Borders
President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to convey the critical urgency of his nation’s plight to world leaders increasingly distracted by competing gl...
The largest analysis of bat genomes and fossils suggests that the first bats emerged in Europe roughly 65 million years ago and that echolocation evol...
Myanmar Has an Envoy at the United Nations. Why Is He Not Speaking?
U Kyaw Moe Tun has kept a low profile at the General Assembly for years, part of an arrangement to keep his post despite the military-backed governmen...
U.N. Live Updates: Iran’s President to Address World Leaders After Trump Threat
Masoud Pezeshkian is the first leader whose country is at war with the United States to travel to New York to address the General Assembly. President ...
At U.N. Meeting, Syria’s Leader Is Strengthened, but Faces a Difficult Test
President Ahmed al-Sharaa has improved his diplomatic standing since he last addressed the U.N. General Assembly but faces mounting domestic economic ...
The Winner of This Rivalry Gets Ice Cream. But So Does the Loser.
The competition between two popular ice cream shops in Ramallah inspires fierce loyalties, and a running joke, for lovers of cones piled high with fla...
It’s Not the Oscars: U.N. Speakers Love to Ignore Its 15-Minute Rule
The chronic flouting of the time limit for speeches highlights a fundamental feature of the United Nations: It is made up of sovereign states that it ...
At the U.N., Japan’s Leader Says It’s Time to End ‘Enemy State’ Label
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the United Nations should scrub the World War II-era designation from its Charter. China and Russia have used the t...
Why Germany’s Leader Merz Is Struggling to Sway Voters
As the far right surges, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unpopular economic policies and gruff manner have failed to sway voters turned by rivals’ promise...
How China’s Leader Plans to Win the Future With A.I.
A decade ago, Xi Jinping asked if China could master A.I. His push is remaking the economy, challenging the United States and keeping society under co...
Youth Frustration and Migration Shadow Morocco’s Election
Unemployment and poor public services fueled the border crisis at Ceuta and the Gen Z protests, but frustrated young people may stay away from the pol...
Many Countries Are Optimistic About A.I., Poll Finds
A Gallup poll found that a majority of people surveyed across 37 countries said they were curious or excited about artificial intelligence, more than ...
As Trump Lobs Threats, Other World Leaders Mostly Avoid Talk of Iran
Some leaders criticized the global impact of the war and called for negotiations to resume, but they stopped short of criticizing President Trump’s re...
