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      Adla Massoud

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      Adla Massoud is The National’s New York and United Nations correspondent, where she reports on diplomacy, politics and the Middle East’s shifting conflicts. Also a documentary filmmaker, she was recognised in 2022 by the Arab Film and Media Institute as one of six “Rising Arab Women in Filmmaking.”
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      US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus raises her hand to veto a draft resolution during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza. AFP
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      US vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution for sixth time

      The resolution received 14 votes in favour, with only Washington opposing it

      USSeptember 18, 2025
      UN envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen during a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani in Damascus, in 2021. EPA
      UN envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen steps down

      Country has continued to grapple with deep political, ethnic and religious divides after toppling of Bashar Al Assad

      USSeptember 18, 2025
      Doctors Without Borders staff and supporters gather in front of UN Headquarters to call on world leaders to take action and end what UN experts have a categorised as a genocide in Gaza. Doctors Without Borders / AP
      UN General Assembly faces horror of Gaza, Trump’s return and a crisis of relevance

      Diplomats to tackle geopolitical problems as world body deals with 'liquidity crisis'

      USSeptember 18, 2025
      UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Reuters
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      Gaza situation is 'morally, politically and legally intolerable', UN chief says

      Comments came as Israel launches long-anticipated ground offensive in Gaza city

      USSeptember 16, 2025
      The UN Security Council in session in New York. Reuters
      US to defend 'every inch' of Nato after Russian drones enter Poland

      Since Alaska summit in mid-August, Russia has intensified bombing raids on Ukraine, US envoy to UN says

      USSeptember 12, 2025
      A UN vehicle drives past Houthi troopers in the Red Sea city of Hodeidah. EPA
      UN demands release of staff detained by Yemen's Houthis

      Council denounces forced entry into UN premises and seizure of property, calling the actions clear violations of international law

      MENASeptember 12, 2025
      Pro-Palestinian activists gather outside the United Nations headquarters in New York. AFP
      Play02:01
      UN General Assembly votes in favour of a future Palestinian state but without Hamas

      Resolution received 142 votes in favour, 12 abstentions and 10 against, including the US, Israel and Argentina

      MENASeptember 12, 2025
      Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman addresses the emergency sitting of the UN Security Council on September 11. Reuters
      Qatar accuses Israel of deliberately undermining Gaza mediation

      Prime Minister tells UN Security Council his country will continue to play 'humanitarian and diplomatic role without any hesitation'

      USSeptember 11, 2025
      A dress rehearsal for La Fille du Regiment at Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Getty Images
      New York's Met Opera in Saudi deal to boost shaky finances

      Met will provide training to aspiring Saudi opera singers, composers and others

      USSeptember 08, 2025
      Smoke and dust fill the air following an Israeli airstrike on the Mushtaha Tower in the west of Gaza City on Friday. EPA
      Situation in Palestinian territories 'never more dire', warns Saudi UN envoy

      Two-state solution summit to resume during UN General Assembly meeting this month

      MENASeptember 05, 2025
      E3 ministers met with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva shortly before US strikes on Iran. EPA
      AnalysisHow Iran's snapback escalation threatens the nuclear weapons gold standard NPT

      All options in play as last-minute efforts to avoid sanctions are expected to last until late September in New York

      EuropeSeptember 01, 2025
      Iranian ambassador to the UN Amir-Saeid Iravani speaks to members of the media in New York. Reuters
      Iran says it is open to diplomacy to prevent sanctions snapback

      Britain, France and Germany urge Iran to meet three requirements so sanctions can be delayed

      USAugust 29, 2025
      Pro-Palestine activists hold a rally outside the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the UN in July. Getty Images
      US revokes visas of Abbas and Palestinian officials before UN General Assembly

      Move comes as France leads push to recognise Palestinian state

      USAugust 29, 2025
      Unifil peacekeepers in the Khraibeh Valley in southern Lebanon. AFP
      UN Security Council extends Unifil's mandate in Lebanon for 'final time'

      Withdrawal process for mission's 10,800 personnel and equipment to start immediately

      USAugust 28, 2025
      Palestinians try to receive food from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 27. AFP
      US criticises UN-backed famine report on Gaza

      All UN Security Council members, except the US, now say famine in Gaza is a 'man-made crisis'

      USAugust 27, 2025
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