The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

China’s second-in-command sounded his nation’s recurring alarm against aggressive and unilateral action in global politics in an address to world leaders

The president signaled that he would be willing to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside Russia for the first time during a meeting between the two leaders at this week’s United Nations General Assembly

General assembly backs new targets on cancer, diabetes and heart disease but Robert F Kennedy Jr objects

New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate Israel

Today’s big ‘fightback’ speech continued with the prime minister’s curious strategy of ceding ground to his enemies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

France's recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this week has led to calls for it to reinstate evacuations from Gaza, which were halted on 1 August following antisemitic posts by a Gazan student at Lille University. The suspension has left scientists, artists and students who were due to…

Russia and China are forcing the U.N. Security Council to vote on a resolution that would give Iran a six-month extension before sanctions related to its nuclear program are reimposed

Two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national borders, an unregulated expanse under growing pressure from mining, fishing and climate change. Now, a new UN treaty promises to change that – but could also trigger fresh conflicts over who controls the high seas.

ANALYSIS: Benjamin Netanyahu evaded arrest while flying to New York and then accused Palestine’s supporters of medieval ‘blood libel’ against Jews and Israel, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley