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People wearing face masks walk by Olympics-themed signs in Tokyo on January 29. AP

Japanese Prime Minister promises to hold Olympics this summer

Sport

Governments globally must create a safe digital space, UAE's AI minister says

Technology

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga outlines a green and digital future for Japan

World

Jordan’s King Abdullah tells Davos that protecting refugees is a global responsibility

Jordan

How relevant is an online Davos during the pandemic?

Comment
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi pledged usage of his country's vaccine production facilities in his UNGA address. AP

India offers Covid vaccine facilities to the world
Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison speaking to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. UNTV Via AP

UNGA 2020: With video address, world leaders jazz up their delivery
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the international community must remain committed to meeting the increasing needs of the Syrian people. AFP

US pledges more than $1bn in aid for Syria, Sahel and South Sudan
In this UNTV image, Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from heads-of-state, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic. (UNTV via AP)

Venezuela's Maduro proposes UN body to skirt US sanctions
 Bollywood actress Dia Mirza who hosted UN youth envoy debate on climate change. Getty Images

Turkey not taking climate change agreement seriously
Syria's Deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. (UNTV via AP)

Syria accuses US of using sanctions to suffocate Syrians 'like George Floyd'
María Fernanda Espinosa Graces, ex-president of UN General Assembly Pawan Singh / The National  

UNGA 2020: A global leaders' summit on Covid-19 in November would bring hope
Dr Abdalla Hamdok, Sudan's prime minister, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

UNGA 2020: Sudan urges UN to remove it from terror sponsor list
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that “humanity is waging war on nature” with rhinos, orangutans and other species dying out as mankind fells rainforests, over-fishes oceans and builds ever-bigger cities.. AP

Mankind called ‘most dangerous species’ at UN extinction meeting

Environment
The flags of the United States, Bahrain, Israel and the UAE during a signing ceremony of the Abraham Accord on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on September 15, 2020. EPA

Leaders discuss establishing ties with Israel at UN meet

World
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, delivers a statement after meeting Nikos Dendias, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs. Wam  

UNGA: Abraham Accord has paved way for 'peace in region', UAE foreign minister says

MENA
Plastic bottles and other garbage wash up on a beach in the county of Cork in Ireland. Getty Images

World leaders unveil ten point plan to prevent the destruction of earth

World
Saad Eddine El Othmani, Prime Minister of Morocco, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, September 26, 2020. UNTV via AP

Pandemic highlights growing poverty and lack of solidarity, Moroccan PM says

MENA
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at the UN headquarters in New York. UNTV Via AP

Boris Johnson urges removal of global trade barriers

Europe
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi pledged usage of his country's vaccine production facilities in his UNGA address. AP

UNGA 2020: Modi pledges India's vaccine capacity for ‘all humanity’

Asia
FILE PHOTO: A bird flies over the convergence between the White Nile river and Blue Nile river in Khartoum, Sudan, February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

UNGA 2020: 'no intention' of using Ethiopia dam to harm Egypt or Sudan

MENA
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce major investments in preventative coronavirus measures. AFP

Boris Johnson calls for worldwide hubs to identify deadly pathogens

World
File photo: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas attends a Foreign affairs ministers council in Brussels EPA

UNGA 2020: Covid-19 confirms need for multilateralism, says German foreign minister

The Americas
Giuseppe Conte, Italy's prime minister, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly; the United Nations General Assembly met in a virtual environment for the first time in its 75-year history due to the pandemic. Bloomberg

UNGA 2020: Italy’s Conte says movement towards peace in Libya ‘encouraging’

The Americas
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's prime minister, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly. Bloomberg

UAE-Israel accord shows possibilities of diplomacy, says Greek PM

The Americas
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