The Sahel and the UN: a smaller footprint, a different role

As UNGA 81 begins, the UN faces a changing Sahel demanding greater sovereignty.
Ethiopian armed groups forge alliance against government

Former adversaries say they will settle differences as fears grow of expanding war in Ethiopia.
Iran war live: Tehran warns US against new strikes; fighting rages in Yemen

Tehran says it has learned the US may be planning a new round of strikes, warns of retaliation 'without limitations'.
ICE officer shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say

The unnamed man is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot once in the torso, police say.
Polls close in Russian wartime election with ruling party set to dominate

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast the vote as a test of support for his ongoing war in Ukraine.
France to summon Iran envoy after language centre closure in Tehran

Iran accuses the French language centre of conducting 'illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions'.
Qatar PM urges Gulf security framework with Iran

Qatar’s PM says, the Gulf won't be the same unless there's a framework ensuring no one is a threat to each other.
Argentina’s Left stages ‘March of Anger’ over Milei’s austerity measures

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires for the ‘March of Anger’.
Eighteen suspects extradited to US over Haitian president’s 2021 killing

Federal court in Florida to try men accused of orchestrating the transnational plot to kill Jovenel Moise from US soil.
Qatar PM describes fallout of US-Israel war on Iran as ‘earthquake’

Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Sheikh Mohammed also announces a key shift in Qatar's investment strategy.