UN Secretary-General said the Security Council is ‘paralyzed by geostrategic divisions,’ undermining solutions to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

An Irish member of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has been killed after their convoy came under fire near the border with the Israeli-occupied territories.

The US has not issued entry visas for any member of the 56-member Russian advance team and delegation less than three weeks before the annual meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.

“Three Mig-31 aircraft with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were relocated to the Chkalovsk airfield in the Kaliningrad region.”

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is “deeply concerned” about the risk of global hunger caused by the war in Ukraine, nearly three months after Russia launched a military offensive against the former Soviet republic.

The UN chief decries the “inequity” in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and hoarding of vaccines by rich countries, which has prolonged the fight against the pandemic.

Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria and Venezuela have sent a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres, complaining about the United States’ lack of commitment to its obligations as the host of the world body’s headquarters.