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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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      Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon urged member states to give the next UN leader stronger political backing to match the office’s moral authority, saying credibility is insufficient without the power to act. EPA
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      The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the resolution on Friday. Reuters
      UN passes resolution calling on Israel to co-operate with UN agencies and allow aid into Gaza

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      USDecember 12, 2025
      US President Donald Trump at the signing of a peace deal with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, left, and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi in Washington on December 4. AFP
      US 'incredibly disappointed' over renewed violence in eastern DRC

      Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized large swathes of eastern DRC over past year and resumed its offensive in recent days

      USDecember 12, 2025
      The gate of UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem. Israel has long called for the agency’s dissolution. Reuters
      Trump administration explores options to hold UNRWA 'accountable'

      Terrorism-related sanctions for UN Palestinian refugee agency under discussion

      USDecember 11, 2025
      Syria's President Ahmad al Shara with senior officials in Damascus. AP
      SDF, Sweida and Israel key challenges to Syria's stability, experts say

      Government will struggle to consolidate control without progress on 'thorny issues', Washington event hears

      USDecember 10, 2025
      Relations between the Iran-backed Houthis and international organisations have deteriorated sharply in recent years. EPA
      Guterres calls on Yemen's Houthis to 'rescind' referral of UN staff to criminal court

      Many have been held in isolation, with families and colleagues not knowing about their whereabouts or health

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      Alina Habba is now an adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi. AFP
      Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey US Attorney after court rules she served unlawfully

      Lawyer of Iraqi origin was one of President Trump’s most visible legal surrogates during his years out of office

      USDecember 08, 2025
      Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting in New York. AFP
      Mike Waltz heads to Jordan and Israel as US pushes Gaza peace plan

      US ambassador to the UN will meet humanitarian organisations to assess relief efforts

      USDecember 05, 2025
      Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said young Americans were getting their information from social media. AFP
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      Hillary Clinton says social media misinformation fuelled youth support for Palestine

      Former US secretary of state says New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is 'brilliant social media candidate'

      USDecember 03, 2025
      An Iraqi flag on a military vehicle at an oilfield in Dibis, on the outskirts of Kirkuk, in 2017. Reuters
      Iraq begins new chapter as UN mission to end after 22 years

      Iraq’s 'long and difficult' path towards durable peace and economic stability remains unfinished, Unami head says

      USDecember 02, 2025
      Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has pledged to boost New York's tourism budget, create a citywide 'tourism tsar' and use the 2026 Fifa World Cup to rebuild the city's image. Getty Images
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      Can Zohran Mamdani save New York's tourism industry?

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      USNovember 28, 2025
      Mohammed Ibrahim with his father Zaher, following his release from an Israeli prison. Photo: Senator Chris Van Hollen
      Palestinian American teenager held by Israel freed after nine months

      Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old from Florida, was jailed for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli settlers

      USNovember 28, 2025
      The UN Security Council sits in New York City on November 25. Reuters
      UN Security Council to visit Syria and Lebanon in first official trip since Assad’s fall

      Members will visit Damascus on December 4 in bid to rebuild trust

      MENANovember 25, 2025
      UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a media briefing at the G20 summit venue in Johannesburg, South Africa. Reuters
      Africa facing ‘perfect storm’ of debt and fiscal squeeze, UN chief warns ahead of G20 summit

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      NewsNovember 21, 2025
      Israeli soldiers patrolling at the ceasefire line, near the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. EPA
      UN calls on Israel to cease military operations in buffer zone with Syria

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials visited southern Syria to inspect troops posted inside UN-patrolled buffer zone

      USNovember 19, 2025
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