The Latest Breaking News from Antonio Guterres

An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said. The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the country after the death of Mahsa…

The United Nations Secretary-General called on Iran early Wednesday to refrain from using “unnecessary or disproportionate force” against protesters as unrest over a young woman's death in police custody spread across the country. Antonio Guterres said through a spokesman that authorities should swiftly conduct an impartial investigation of the death…

The United Nations official now in charge of the fight to curb climate change has a personal stake in the battle to reduce emissions

Mali's prime minister is lashing out at everyone from the U.N. secretary-general to former colonizer France

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi emphasized that the region's stability relies on Iraq's stability, calling for the third round of national dialogue to resolve his country's political crisis. He asserted that Iraq's problems would not be solved without dialogue and that political factions have an opportunity to rebuild the country.…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres an official request to implement Resolution 181 adopted by the General Assembly in 1947, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Abbas informed world leaders and senior officials participating in the high-level meeting of the 77th annual session…

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While the coronavirus pandemic was not the main focus of the U.N. General Assembly, the conversations were still happening on the sidelines

Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up.