UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged international cooperation and multilateral mechanisms to address artificial intelligence risks in an interview with the Associated Press days before the UN General Assembly, warning that AI challenges transcend national borders.
Israeli forces led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir took control of the Kalandia/Kafr Akab vocational training center, the last remaining UNRWA facility in occupied East Jerusalem. A Palestinian boy was shot during the raid, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to condemn the action as unlawful.
António Guterres arrived in Syria on Saturday for a three-day visit, marking the first time a serving UN Secretary-General has visited Damascus since 2009, before the civil war that killed hundreds of thousands. Guterres met with Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa and appealed to the international community to support Syria's reconstruction and political transition.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Haiti on Tuesday amid a deepening humanitarian crisis caused by surging gang violence. New UN statistics reveal 2,300 people have been killed and 100 kidnapped this year, with more than 1 in 10 Haitians—approximately 1.5 million people—displaced from their homes.
