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France has insisted there should be no restrictions on access to next month's UN General Assembly, after the United States said it would deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority. Under an agreement as the host of UN headquarters in New York, the US is not supposed to refuse…

Chinese President Xi Jinping began welcoming dignitaries including United Nations chief Antonio Guterres and Egyptian Premier Moustafa Madbouly on Saturday before a summit attended by leaders from more than 20 countries.

European powers said Friday they were ready to drop a new sanctions push on Iran if it addresses concerns on its nuclear program over the next month, but Tehran denounced the offer as insincere.

Step comes when France is leading a push to recognise Palestinian state after Israel’s unyielding bombing of Gaza

The State Department also suspended a programme that had allowed injured Palestinian children from Gaza to come to the US for medical treatment after a social media outcry by some conservatives.

Israeli military announces move in Gaza City as it steps up attacks before planned offensive

Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, who were kidnapped in July after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti have been freed, the Irish government and relatives of the missionary said

White House seeks to run out clock on funding after already slashing billions in aid in move decried as overreach.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the U.S. visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next month’s high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly