United Nations General Assembly

• Trump defends starting war against Iran in address to UN General Assembly

  U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday at a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency.

  Canada

  Sep 22
  
• Carney says Canada stepping up as world faces ‘rupture’ in trade, politics

  Addressing the Council on Foreign Relations think tank before attending the UN General Assembly, Carney said Canada has the resources, talent and ingenuity the world needs.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2025
  
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• Secret Service’s next challenge: Keeping scores of world leaders safe at the UN General Assembly

  The Secret Service, under a cloud after a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, is confident in its plan to protect the U.N. General Assembly.

  U.S. News

  Sep 21, 2024
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• Amid foreign interference fears, Canada warns some states seek to ‘bend the rules’

  Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, said democracy is under threat because some states seek to bend the rules because of 'political expediency.'

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
• As Parliament returns, climate advocates aim to crank up the heat

  The marches come after a summer that has seen wildfires, droughts, extreme storms and floods put climate change in a renewed global spotlight.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
• Queen Elizabeth II honoured at UN meeting: ‘Exceptional monarch’

  This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders came on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally - the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

  World

  Sep 25, 2022
• India stays neutral on Russia’s war on Ukraine, lays out plan for G 20 term at UN

  India's foreign minister laid out the country's plans for its turn at the G-20 presidency during his speech in front of the U.N. General Assembly.

  World

  Sep 24, 2022
• Russia’s Lavrov defends war against Ukraine at UN showdown

  Lavrov was only in the council chamber to deliver his address to the meeting of the 15-member body and did not listen to anyone else speak.

  World

  Sep 22, 2022
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• Ukraine, Haiti to dominate Justin Trudeau’s day at UN General Assembly

  Trudeau is expected to make news of his own, in particular when he announces Canada's latest contribution to a UN effort to confront treatable disease in the developing world.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2022
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• Japan’s Kishida says UN reforms needed to prevent Russian vetoes over Ukraine war

  Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed disappointment over the failure of the UN Security Council to respond to the war because of Russia's right of veto.

  World

  Sep 20, 2022