The Latest Breaking News from António Guterres

Talks are focused on aid rather than a civilian humanitarian corridor at this stage

‘There is no safe place in Gaza right now’ say humanitarian workers, as Israel bombs sole border crossing with Egypt, preventing refugees’ escape

The United Nations is expressing growing concerns about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and lockdown of Gaza after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel

There are still a number of unaccounted-for U.S. citizens, U.S. officials said, as the fighting entered its third day.

Hamas says Israeli strikes have killed some captives and it will kill another if bombing without warning continues

Floods, fires and record-breaking heat demand a response from politicians, as well as Pope Francis

Advocacy group says lack of gender equality at the heart of the UN is making it harder to combat a growing hostility to the issue around the world

The planet is on fire, but almost all the firefighters have deserted. At the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which began on September 19 in New York, the leaders of four of the five permanent members of the Security Council – the UN’s most powerful executive body –…

Fund delays ‘undermining people’s efforts to rebuild lives’, Guterres says during special UNGA session on catastrophe.

Nearly all the world’s on stage, and all the men and but 20 women merely players

Exclusive: two PR professionals from national oil firm listed as providing ‘support’ to team running UN climate summit