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Antonio Guterres

UN chief says UN agency for Palestinian refugees nearing ‘breaking point’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UNRWA’s situation was increasingly precarious.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UNRWA’s situation was increasingly precarious.

UN chief candidate wants to restore organisation’s ‘credibility’

Guyana UN candidate calls maintaining UN 'collective responsibility'

Guyana's Ambassador to the United Nations Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting about conflicts in the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Guyana's Ambassador to the United Nations Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting about conflicts in the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

UN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children

FILE PHOTO: Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers,in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 20,2026. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers,in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 20,2026. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo

Ecuadorean candidate to head UN calls for body to be shrunk responsibly

FILE PHOTO: United Nations General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: United Nations General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

UN’s Guterres calls for end to violence in Middle East

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged that the "ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza must be fully respected".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged that the "ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza must be fully respected".

UN peacekeeper killed, two wounded in shelling in Lebanon

UN chief Guterres presents options for future Lebanon presence

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

UN to place Israel on sexual violence in conflict blacklist

Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses members of the United Nations Security Council on resolutions on the situation in Iran and the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses members of the United Nations Security Council on resolutions on the situation in Iran and the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Israel freezes out UN chief over sexual violence blacklist

Israel has sadi it is "done" with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Israel has sadi it is "done" with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.