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Article 39 of the UN Charter is the hinge on which the collective security system turns, but the document does not define what constitutes a threat to peace. EPA

Is there a credibility gap at the heart of the UN Charter?

CommentJuly 29, 2026
Guterres's visit is the first by a United Nations secretary-general to Damascus since 2009. EPA

Guterres's visit to Damascus is a chance for the UN to reset with Syria

EditorialJuly 27, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reuters

Netanyahu says he will attend UNGA despite Mamdani comments

USJuly 26, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara receives UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the presidential palace in Damascus. EPA
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Guterres hails Syria as 'symbol of stability' on landmark visit

MENAJuly 25, 2026
UN peacekeepers on patrol near the southern Lebanese village of Biout Es Sayed. AFP

Lebanese MPs urge UN to extend peacekeeping mission

MENAJuly 24, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara, left, with Antonio Guterres at last year's UN General Assembly meeting in New York. AFP

UN chief heads to Syria in new breakthrough for Al Shara

MENAJuly 24, 2026
The six candidates to become the next UN secretary general debate in New York on July 23. AFP

UN chief candidates debate reform, Strait of Hormuz and Security Council deadlock

USJuly 23, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Reuters
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New York Mayor Mamdani urges US to enforce ICC arrest warrant for 'war criminal' Netanyahu

USJuly 23, 2026
A man walks on the dry riverbed of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad earlier this year. AFP

Global water governance is fragmented. We can fix this in Abu Dhabi

CommentJuly 22, 2026
OpenAI is investigating how its AI model hacked another company's systems. Reuters

Gone rogue: AI model escapes and hacks another company during testing

TechnologyJuly 22, 2026
'It's time for less talking and more doing,' says Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability. Nilanjana Gupta / The National

UN conference will shine spotlight on world's water crisis, says UAE minister

USJuly 16, 2026
FILE PHOTO: Hanan Adam Hassan, 39, a displaced Sudanese mother of five, including her child Enaam, prepares food at a camp shelter amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, July 30, 2025. REUTERS / Mohamed Jamal / File Photo

Plea to Sudan's warring sides to avoid new atrocities in struggle for Al Obeid

MENAJuly 15, 2026
A member of the pro-government forces in the Yemeni port of Mokha. AFP

Bahrain tells UN Iran is using key maritime chokepoints as 'blackmail'

USJuly 14, 2026
A fisherman manoeuvres his boat through Iraq's Hawizeh Marsh. AFP

World's water supplies heading for irreversible decline, warns UN's Guterres

USJuly 13, 2026
The UAE field hospital in the Gaza Strip received a delegation from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Office of the United Nations resident coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to review medical and humanitarian services provided by the hospital. Wam

UN officials visit UAE field hospital in Gaza

UAEJuly 11, 2026
A satellite view of Isfahan nuclear complex in Iran. Reuters

UN says IAEA lost oversight of Iran's nuclear programme

USJuly 10, 2026
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