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Iran downplays indirect talks with U.S., and other Mideast developments
Iran reiterated its conditions for ending more than seven months of war with the United States, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks about the occupied West Bank during the United Nations General Assembly. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has traveled to New York and is scheduled to address […]
Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with drought, potentially raising food prices globally
BANTEN, Indonesia | All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Nino this year, which experts say may cause severe drought in Asia and other extreme weather across the world, threatening food security for millions of people. El Nino is part of a natural climate cycle of warming ocean temperatures, but this year’s is expected […]
Trump returns to UN at a moment of anxiety about Iran, AI and the future of the world body itself
UNITED NATIONS | President Donald Trump is set to address the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday at a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency. The global economy has been shaken by his decision to launch a war against Iran. Anxiety about the social impact being wrought by artificial intelligence is surging. […]
UN leaders’ meeting convenes with secretary-general calling for ‘world built on interdependence’
UNITED NATIONS | U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” as he made his final address Tuesday to a yearly gathering of world leaders convening to face a formidable menu of challenges — from climate change and war to inequality and artificial intelligence. The U.N. leader has long implored leaders not […]
War, runaway AI and climate shocks to take center stage as world leaders meet at UN
UNITED NATIONS | Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already making life much tougher for hundreds of millions of people. The annual high-level gathering at […]
Iranians rally by the hundreds of thousands in biggest show of defiance since war began
CAIRO | Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday in a government-organized show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February. Iran’s government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity, even as the […]
Struggling US home buyers, and market, face new hurdles as mortgage rates near 7%
Home shoppers holding out for relief from rising mortgage rates may be in for a long wait. The weekly average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan has been rising for months and reached its highest level in over 14 months last week at 6.76%, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. This week’s snapshot, due […]
Tens of thousands flee as Iran-backed rebels draw Yemen into the wider war
CAIRO | As Houthi rebels closed in, Eshraq Abdel Gelil and her husband fled their home, walking through the mountains before catching a ride to a nearby city. Four months pregnant, she feared another miscarriage. They are among more than 125,000 people who have fled as the Iran-backed rebels have advanced down the Red Sea […]
UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes
GENEVA | Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran’s theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against […]
Saudi Arabia calls attempted attack on Mecca a ‘red line’ as Iran-backed Houthis deny they did it
CAIRO | Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels of trying to attack Islam’s holiest city, as the region responded with condemnation Wednesday but no sign of military support. The kingdom, a key U.S. ally, declared Mecca a “red line” as it slid deeper into the new front of the Iran war. With the world’s […]