A senior North Korean diplomat reiterated at the U.N. Monday that his country won't give up its nuclear weapons despite numerous demands to do so, calling them crucial to keeping a “balance of power” with South Korea.

In view of a peace proposal by US President Donald Trump for an end to the Gaza war between Israel and the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, the United Nations has reiterated its support for such efforts.

More than 1,000 executions were recorded during the first nine months of 2025 - already surpassing last year's total.

Canada’s foreign minister walked a fine line at the United Nations General Assembly in her speech. She pushed back at President Donald Trump’s assertions of unfettered U.S. power while trying to avoid provoking her country’s biggest trade partner.

As Israeli military operations continue in Gaza City, deadly strikes on displaced Palestinians – including people collecting firewood for cooking – raise further concerns about attacks on civilians, the UN human rights office,

North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, describing it as "tantamount to demanding it to surrender sovereignty and right to existence.

The U.N. Security Council on has rejected a last-ditch effort to delay reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

World leaders have spent the past week at the United Nations doing just that, convening at its grandiloquent headquarters to tell each other — and those who administer the planet's most prominent global institution — that the foundational pillars are cracked,

Zero nuclear enrichment is no longer solely an American position, and it will isolate the Iranian regime even further at a volatile time in the Middle East.

The U.N. has accused both sides of mass atrocities and warned of famine in parts of Sudan, as both groups have imposed restrictions on food and aid distribution as the fight continues. A drone strike earlier this month killed at least 70 people in besieged El-Fasher.