The Latest Breaking News from António Guterres

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east while keeping up the bombardment of Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Deadline passes for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender, and dozens of civilians leave city via humanitarian corridor

Ukraine urgently needs help – and if the UN can’t act, the global consequences could be catastrophic, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres didn’t mince words in responding to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which shows global warming is on track to blow past a critical 2.7-degree Fahrenheit limit by the end of this decade unless countries make swift and dramatic cuts in fossil fuel…

Ukraine’s president says UN system ‘must be reformed’ after evidence emerged of civilian massacres in parts of Ukraine.

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, say climate scientists in what is in effect their final warning

It will take "transformational change" in every sector in every region of the world to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world's climate scientists and governments warn.

UN special envoy Hans Grundberg stresses importance of building on truce in effort to end six-year war

Zelensky says Ukraine willing to consider neutral status as ceasefire talks set to resume.