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Jaishankar added that it is not usual in a General Assembly for Presidents, Prime Ministers or Foreign Ministers of a country to refer to another country.

Rights groups say more than 730 people were detained at anti-war protests across the country.

UNITED NATIONS — Signaling that the Russian war in Ukraine has triggered an existential crisis for the United Nations, several of its key members on Thursday harshly denounced Moscow's actions, but failed to take new steps to stop the bloodshed and food, energy and humanitarian crises unleashed worldwide.

After days of speeches by world leaders taking subtle and not-so-subtle shots at Russia for its invasion of Ukraine during the annual U.N. General Assembly, in walked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Pressure on Russia has increased with world leaders calling for accountability over Moscow’s February 24 invasion.

France’s foreign minister is urging Iran to take the last offer on the table to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and key powers, saying the window of opportunity “is about to close.”

Russia has attempted to revive the RIC trilateral format, with little luck so far

Ukrainian analysts are optimistic that the new British leader will continue the close UK-Ukraine partnership.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday delivered his first comments about the appointment of Liz Truss as UK Prime Minister.