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Venezuela Pledged Democracy at the UN. The Oil Deal Was Already Done.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- Delcy Rodriguez stood at the United Nations podium on Tuesday and thanked Donald Trump. She said her country would hold elections. She did not say when. It was the first address... Read More


A $2.4 Billion Plan to Rebuild Gaza. Israel Killed Seven More Palestinians That Day.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- Nikolay Mladenov stood before reporters on Tuesday and described a $2.45 billion plan to rebuild Gaza. As he spoke, Israeli forces were killing people there. Seven Palestinians ... Read More


Nations Gather to Decide Who Gets the Next Pandemic Vaccine

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- When the first SARS-CoV-2 sequences were uploaded to a public database in January 2020, they came from scientists in Wuhan, China. Eighteen months later, when the world had prod... Read More


US allies should watch Washingtons European force review closely

Bangladesh, Sept. 25 -- The Pentagons ongoing review of the United States military presence in Europe could become one of the most consequential defense-policy decisions of the Trump administration. A... Read More


Kuwait Is 40 Miles From Iran's Coast. It Also Owes Its Survival to the US Military. At UNGA, Al-Sabah Said Nothing.

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Abdullah Al-Sabah addressed the United Nations General Assembly in September 2026 as the foreign minister of a state whose entire modern existence is a product of American milit... Read More


Abbas Barred for a Second Year as Netanyahu Takes the UN Stage

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- Mahmoud Abbas was not there. The Palestinian president spent Wednesday in Ramallah, watching a pre-recorded video of his own speech play to a chamber he has not entered in two ye... Read More


Abbas Calls Gaza Killings Genocide From Afar as Trump Blocks His UN Entry

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- NEW YORK - For the second consecutive year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly not from the floor of its hall in Manhattan but fro... Read More


Delegates Fled the Hall for Netanyahu. They Cheered the Man Barred From It.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- Mahmoud Abbas has not set foot inside this building in two years. On Wednesday, the screen carrying his recorded voice drew applause from a chamber that had gathered to hea... Read More


Brent Falls Despite Asia Crude Imports at a War-Era High

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Asia's refiners have solved more of the Iran war's oil supply problem than any diplomat has. That is the market's judgment on Wednesday, as Brent crude fell to $96.84, down $4.77... Read More


Iran Refuses to Bow. Pezeshkian Takes On Trump at the UN.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- When Masoud Pezeshkian walked to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, he carried something unusual: photographs. One showed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ira... Read More