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Live Updates: World leaders convene for Day 2 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting

Sep. 20, 2023 15:05 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Welcome to the United Nations. Over the course of the next week, leaders from scores of countries will take the marbled dais that, despite being geographically located in midtown Manhattan, belongs to the world. It's part of the U.N. General Assembly's General Debate, in...

What's at stake for Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides in the decades-old conflict agree to hold talks

Sep. 20, 2023 12:02 PM EDT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The announcement of a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, just a day after Azerbaijan launched heavy artillery fire against Armenian forces, toned down fears of a third full-scale war over the region in the southern Caucasus Mountains. But it still leaves...

Swedish court upholds prison sentence for Turkish man linked to outlawed militant party

Sep. 20, 2023 06:26 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 4 1/2-year prison sentence for a Turkish man who was found guilty of attempted extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. ...

UNGA Briefing: Security Council, climate summit and what else is going on at the United Nations

Sep. 19, 2023 20:29 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Tuesday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on Wednesday. Follow our live updates to keep up with...

Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region

Sep. 19, 2023 15:51 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi president announced Tuesday that he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi territory. The official protest came a day after an airstrike on a military airport in Arbat, southeast of...

Strategic border crossing reopens allowing UN aid to reach rebel-held northwest Syria

Sep. 19, 2023 13:14 PM EDT

BAB Al-HAWA, Syria (AP) — A United Nations aid convoy reached rebel-held northwest Syria on Tuesday after a vital border crossing from Turkey reopened following an agreement with the Syrian government. The 17-truck convoy carrying medicine, medical equipment, food supplements and...

Turkey's Erdogan says he trusts Russia as much as he trusts the West

Sep. 19, 2023 03:23 AM EDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he trusts Russia as much he trusts the West. Explaining his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan said he had failed to get him to resume the Black Sea grain deal the Kremlin withdrew from in...

UNGA Briefing: Biden, Zelenskyy and what else is going on at the United Nations

Sep. 18, 2023 20:48 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's Day 1 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Monday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on today, Tuesday. WHAT HAPPENED AT AND AROUND...

Turkey's President Erdogan and Elon Musk discuss establishing a Tesla car factory in Turkey

Sep. 18, 2023 15:44 PM EDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Elon Musk to establish a factory in Turkey for his electric car company Tesla during a meeting in New York, Erdogan’s office said Monday. Erdogan, who is in the U.S. to attend the U.N. General Assembly, also...

Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligence

Sep. 18, 2023 15:39 PM EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off a U.S. trip in California to talk to billionaire businessman Elon Musk about antisemitism on his social media platform X — while Musk asked him to address his judicial overhaul in Israel. The two also discussed...