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Barham Salih walks on stage during the Clinton Global Initiative, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ishika Samant)

UN refugee chief urges action from Security Council so displacement no longer crosses generations

4:08 PM on Friday, September 25

The U.N. refugee chief is urging the world’s divided nations to focus on ending conflicts and crises so the more than 117 million people forced to flee their homes can return

People pose for photos at United Nations headquarters during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

UN tries to build momentum on pandemic preparedness, but hits a speed bump

3:57 PM on Friday, September 25

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.N. General Assembly’s leader and health officials are seeking to make sure that the lurking possibility of another worldwide disease emergency stays on the global agenda

FILE - Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, holds a news conference at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

From Gaza to Sudan to Nepal, more than 500 million children are in desperate need of education

12:54 PM on Friday, September 25

The plight of more than 500 million children in desperate need of an education has been one of the key issues on the sidelines of this week's annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations

FILE - Maria Anastasia Cabrera walks through the ruins of her home after armed attacks by local criminal groups forced dozens of residents to flee, in Tula, Mexico, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Violence displaced members of more than half a million Mexican households in past 5 years

11:49 AM on Friday, September 25

New figures from Mexico's national statistics agency reveal that violence has forced people from more than half a million households in Mexico to flee their homes in the past five years

5 migrants drown while crossing from Croatia to Slovenia

11:33 AM on Friday, September 25

Croatian police say that five migrants have drowned while trying to cross the Kupa river on the border between Croatia and Slovenia

People gather in Pristina, Kosovo, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, to protest against the verdicts for former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, handed by a Netherlands-based court that tried them for alleged war crimes during the 1998-1999 war for independence from Serbia. (AP Photo/Zana Cimili)

Protests against war crimes verdicts add pressure on Kosovo's government

10:35 AM on Friday, September 25

Daily protests in Kosovo against war crimes convictions for former rebel commanders have spread throughout the small Balkan country

Former Vice President Al Gore listens during an interview in New York on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate

10:15 AM on Friday, September 25

Al Gore believes victory in the climate fight is within reach, though he warns it could slip away

Taliban security officers inspect the scene of what Taliban officials said were Pakistani airstrikes in Khost province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

13 Afghan Taliban personnel killed in overnight border clash, Pakistan says. Kabul denies the claim

9:52 AM on Friday, September 25

Pakistan says its forces have killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight fighting along the countries’ southwestern border, a claim Afghanistan denies

Demonstrators gather to protest following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Madison Swart)

UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian rights violations

9:36 AM on Friday, September 25

The U.N. human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist for alleged involvement in violating Palestinian rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank

FILE - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali attends a session at the World Atomic Week forum at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (Sergei Bulkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ethiopia risks a wider war. Here are 5 things to know

8:43 AM on Friday, September 25

Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia is threatening the fragile peace that ended the Tigray war

FILE - Women, with children on their backs, carry out chores in Epworth, Zimbabwe, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli, File)

A data-sharing clause derailed US-Zimbabwe health talks. Now all funding ends this month

8:39 AM on Friday, September 25

The United States will end funding for Zimbabwe’s health programs at the end of September

FILE - A banner celebrating their title win is illuminated outside Manchester City's Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Man City ready to fight Premier League after reports that club guilty of almost all charges

8:26 AM on Friday, September 25

Manchester City plans to fight the Premier League for months if found guilty of alleged financial breaches

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives ahead of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions

6:38 AM on Friday, September 25

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China's help in ending Russia's invasion

4:57 AM on Friday, September 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to urge China to influence Russia to ends its invasion of Ukraine

People walk in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, as fighting escalates with the central government, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo)

Residents of largest city in northern Ethiopia express fear after eruption of fighting

3:22 AM on Friday, September 25

Residents of northern Ethiopia's largest city are living in fear as renewed fighting has erupted between federal troops and rebels

Men perform the traditional Saudi sword dance known as the ardah during celebrations marking Saudi Arabia's 96th National Day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)

France working on UN resolution for Strait of Hormuz navigation, and other Mideast developments

2:55 AM on Friday, September 25

France is working on a draft United Nations Security Council resolution backing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz

Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia's Central Election Commission, center, reports the official results of Russia's parliamentary elections at the commission's meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Final results of Russia's tightly managed vote give a record high parliament seats to Kremlin party

2:19 AM on Friday, September 25

Final results of Russia's first wartime parliamentary election show that the Kremlin has further cemented its political control of the country

Firefighters work at the scene following a powerful blast that caused a building to collapse and injured at least two people in Athens' Plaka district, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Blast near Acropolis in Greece injures 2, collapses a building. Local media say gas leak suspected

11:54 PM on Thursday, September 24

A powerful blast has caused a building to collapse near the ancient Acropolis in Greece

Pope Leo XIV, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron, attend a joint statement at the Elysee Palace, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez, Pool)

Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

9:12 PM on Thursday, September 24

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, with Bradford Wilson, Archivist of the United States, view the Constitution, Bill of Rights and other documents at the National Archives, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Xi says he'll see Trump again soon as he wraps up US visit with a look at the Constitution

9:00 PM on Thursday, September 24

President Donald Trump has confirmed he'll have two more meetings with China’s Xi Jinping later this year

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