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Edith M. Lederer

Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General and a candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, speaks during an interview at UN headquarters, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
April 30, 2026, 10:48 am
UN nuclear chief: Much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium likely still buried at Isfahan site
IAEA’s Grossi says inspectors need access to nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Fordo and Natanz; says US-Iran talks very different from those of 2015 due to Iran’s nuclear progress
By Edith M. Lederer
Mexico's Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at UN headquarters. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
October 1, 2024, 12:32 pm
As UN parley ends, a pact for the future gives multilateralism a fighting chance
With wars casting a shadow over annual summit, a blueprint to foster cooperation on AI, climate change and more buoys hopes that countries can still work together
By Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
September 28, 2024, 11:27 am
Europeans, Arab and Muslim nations launch a new initiative for a Palestinian state
Norway and Saudi Arabia co-host a conference attended by 90 countries on sidelines of UN General Assembly to accelerate statehood, bolster two-state solution
By Edith M. Lederer
In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on May 25, 2023, a Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
December 19, 2023, 10:12 am
At UN, West accuses Iran of illegal missile testing, high-grade uranium enrichment
During Security Council meeting on failing 2015 nuclear agreement, Britain, France, Germany and US warn all means will be used to prevent Tehran getting atomic weapons
By Edith M. Lederer
The UN flag flies at half staff outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on November 13, 2023, in memory of those killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 14, 2023, 12:16 pm
At UN nuclear conference, China, Iran, Oman decry Israeli minister’s comment on Gaza
Beijing says Amichai Eliyahu’s suggestion Israel could nuke Strip was ‘extremely irresponsible and disturbing,’ as nations gather for fourth confab aimed at nuclear-free Mideast
By Edith M. Lederer
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2023. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
September 14, 2023, 8:24 am
Father of Russia-held journalist Gershkovich asks world leaders to help free him
Parents of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter visit UN headquarters at invitation of US envoy Thomas-Greenfield, who urges member nations to join call for his release
By Edith M. Lederer
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses a news conference during the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
September 1, 2023, 7:12 pm
UN chief warns global divisions, enhanced nukes are ‘recipe for annihilation’
Antonio Guterres reiterates call for banning atomic weapons’ tests, with 1996 global treaty yet to take effect while awaiting ratification by several countries, including Israel
By Edith M. Lederer
Illustrative: In this July 17, 2017, file photo, a fighter of the Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group under the banner of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an IS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria. (Hussein Malla/AP)
August 15, 2023, 11:16 am
UN: Islamic State still has thousands of fighters across Syria and Iraq
Report from United Nations panel says members of group’s sleeper cells pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today
By Edith M. Lederer
Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on February 10, 2023. (Ghaith Alsayed/AP)
August 9, 2023, 8:00 am
UN says deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Turkey
Bab al-Hawa gateway used for 85% of deliveries to rebel-held northwest Idlib region; agreement comes after dispute over terms for sending supplies to area
By Edith M. Lederer
Border customs officials inspect a truck loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, following a devastating earthquake, on February 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
July 11, 2023, 11:57 pm
UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey over disagreement at Security Council
Russia vetoes resolution to extend aid delivery through Bab al-Hawa crossing; alternative Russian proposal favorable to Syrian regime rejected by Western powers
By Edith M. Lederer
A general view of a United Nations security council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on March 20, 2023. (Ed Jones/AFP)
July 7, 2023, 9:36 am
US clashes with Russia over Iran, Ukraine at UN Security Council meeting
Western nations express concern about alleged transfers of drones from Tehran to Moscow, as Russia objects to presence of Kyiv at hearing
By Edith M. Lederer
Vassily Nebenzia, permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the UN Security Council, March 29, 2022, at United Nations headquarters (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
April 4, 2023, 12:50 pm
Russia rejects claims its UN Security Council presidency is an April 1 joke
Envoy Vassily Nebenzia says Moscow will be ‘honest broker,’ announces meeting on defending principles of the UN Charter, which Russia is accused of breaking by invading Ukraine
By Edith M. Lederer
Saif al-Adel, Al-Qaeda's likely new leader. (Combatting Terrorism Center, USMA via Wikipedia)
February 14, 2023, 12:08 pm
Iran-based trainer of 9/11 hijackers Sayf al-‘Adl believed to be new al-Qaeda chief
Though successor to Ayman al-Zawahri not officially announced by terror group, most UN member states say commander is its ‘uncontested leader’
By Edith M. Lederer
Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, center, and Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, far right, look at the Yad Vashem Book of Names of Holocaust Victims Exhibit, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
January 27, 2023, 7:52 am
UN chief: Exhibit of book of names of Nazi victims is call to fight cruelty
Yad Vashem brings book containing 4.8 million known names of Jews murdered in Holocaust to UN headquarters in warning against return of ‘extreme antisemitism’
By Edith M. Lederer
File: A Save the Children midwife provides Zarmina, 25, who is five months pregnant, with a pre-natal check-up in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, October 2, 2022. (Save the Children via AP, File)
January 13, 2023, 8:48 pm
Taliban urged to reverse ban on female aid workers, end restrictions on Afghan women
Most of UN Security Council backs statement demanding country’s rulers ensure ‘unhindered access for humanitarian actors regardless of gender’
By Edith M. Lederer
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