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Adla Massoud

Adla Massoud

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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Three of the first four UN leaders were from western Europe, but subsequent appointments have been from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Reuters
US calls for UN to launch wide search for leader to take it 'back to basics'

Diplomats begin informal discussions over selection of successor to Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is to step down in December 2026

USOctober 24, 2025
People flee fighting between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries in Khartoum. AFP
Sudan's children face 'alarming' situation, top Unicef official says

UN agencies sound alarm in an appeal for urgent action to help millions of civilians trapped by civil war

MENAOctober 24, 2025
The destruction in Gaza shown on October 21. Reuters
Israeli UN envoy urges international stabilisation force be posted in Gaza as soon as possible

Negotiations in Security Council continue over creation of new force expected to disarm Hamas but expert says 'reality and theory are going to be different'

USOctober 23, 2025
US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Bloomberg
Donald Trump says no timeline for Hamas to disarm

President repeats US or allies will disarm Palestinian group by force if necessary

USOctober 19, 2025
A cargo ship sails into port in Qingdao, China. The proposed global pricing system aims to help curb greenhouse gases. AFP
US scuppers carbon pricing deal to cut shipping emissions

Saudi Arabia's motion to defer discussions passed by simple majority

USOctober 17, 2025
A US strike on one of the Venezuelan boats.
Venezuela accuses US of 'clandestine plot' as tension increases over Caribbean strikes

US has launched military strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing 27 people

USOctober 16, 2025
A crucial question remains whether the road map will deliver genuine political change or become another failed international effort. Reuters
UN envoy warns Libya to speed up political roadmap

Hannah Tetteh urges Libyan factions to complete the roadmap’s first steps within the next month

MENAOctober 14, 2025
Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara speaks during the UN General Assembly on September 24 in New York City. AFP
UN Security Council considers Syria sanctions relief

US-drafted resolution was circulated among the Council’s 15 members on October 9

USOctober 12, 2025
A convoy of aid lorries enters Gaza through the Rafah crossing in early July. Mohamed Fathi / The National
Israel gives UN approval to increase Gaza aid deliveries from Sunday

Gaza ceasefire went into effect on Friday

USOctober 10, 2025
An Afghan student uses his mobile phone at his residence in Kabul on October 8, 2025. AFP
Taliban internet restrictions breach Afghans' basic human rights, UN says

Afghanistan endured a 48-hour nationwide internet blackout

USOctober 10, 2025
Syrian women hold pictures of missing loved ones. EPA
Race against time to find Syria's missing persons, top UN investigator says

Hundreds of thousands have disappeared across Syria

USOctober 08, 2025
Women and children sit at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on September 29. AFP
Women in dire peril amid more wars and less global co-operation, UN official says

Survey shows 90 per cent of local women-led groups in conflict zones are in serious financial straits

USOctober 06, 2025
Khaled El Enany has been elected as Unesco director general. AFP
Unesco selects Egypt's Khaled El Enany as its new chief

Egyptologist was former minister of antiquities and tourism

MENAOctober 06, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, in New York on September 29. Bloomberg
New York City should enforce ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, says Mamdani

US is not a signatory of the Rome Statute that created the ICC

USOctober 01, 2025
Russia's ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya has said western powers have 'basically killed diplomacy'. EPA
Russia rejects return of UN sanctions on Iran

US and allies have 'forfeited a diplomatic solution' by pursuing an 'illegal procedure', says Moscow's ambassador

USOctober 01, 2025
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