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O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva disse nesta terça-feira (22) que a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) vive, desde 2003, seu momento mais crítico. “A ONU está falhando em uma de suas missões mais elevadas: a de livrar a humanidade do flagelo da guerra. Sua credibilidade nunca esteve tão baixa”. “O sentimento que me move hoje é o da indignação”, disse . “A capacidade da ONU de proteger os mais vulneráveis, os que não têm exércitos nem arsenais, nunca foi tão pequena”, completou. Notícias relacionadas:Secretário-geral da ONU alerta para avanço de guerras e riscos da IA.A declaração foi feita durante a abertura do debate geral da 81ª Assembleia Geral da ONU, em Nova York. Em sua fala, Lula lembrou que essa é a 10ª vez em que abre o debate geral e, da tribuna, voltou a criticar especificamente o trabalho do Conselho de Segurança da organização. “Somos todos reféns do imobilismo de um Conselho de Segurança que não cumpre o seu papel”, disse. “Em 1946, já na primeira sessão dessa assembleia, o Brasil alertava para o alto preço que a comunidade internacional pagaria pelo direito de veto. Esse vício conferiu às grandes potências o privilégio da insensatez”. Antes do pronunciamento, Lula se reuniu com o secretário-geral da ONU, António Guterres. O presidente brasileiro subiu à tribuna logo no início da sessão, antes do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump. Na segunda-feira (21), Lula se reuniu, já em Nova York, com o presidente do Uruguai, Yamandú Orsi, com o prefeito de Nova York, Zohran Mamdani, e com o senador americano Bernie Sanders. Após o discurso na assembleia geral da ONU, ele deve deixar Nova York ainda nesta terça-feira. O embarque está previsto para 13h50 no horário local, 14h50 no horário de Brasília, com chegada à capital federal prevista para as 23h40.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, tells Al Jazeera Tehran awaiting Trump response.

Russia strikes Ukraine’s border crossings with Poland and Moldova as its offensives peter out in Ukraine’s east.

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For Sudanese women, keeping the tradition alive has become a way of preserving cultural identity amid profound upheaval.

Pakistan says an Indian warship entered its EEZ, while India says the collision occurred in international waters.

Former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed US President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.

Djibouti's interior minister has warned that number of people arriving in the country already exceeds national capacity.

The action was taken as the Centre believes that SBN was involved in "terrorism and has participated in various acts of terrorism in India.

He is due to be tried for crimes against humanity over thousands of deaths linked to his war on drugs.

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace and Denmark accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter on Tuesday, in incidents that heightened tensions along the alliance’s eastern flank.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for free and secure navigation in the Red Sea during talks in Cairo on Tuesday, as the kingdom vowed to respond "firmly" to attacks by Yemen's Houthis. The two regional powers discussed the threat posed by the Iran-backed group's control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell has more.

First, there was Donald Trump’s surprise decision to strike Iran. Then, came the quagmire of a war without an exit strategy. Now, six months later, with access to the Gulf all but shut… global shipping holding its breath over the other end of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia drawn back into Yemen as Iran-backed Houthis threaten access to the Red Sea. 

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday. Separately, Denmark said that one of its air force helicopters was fired on with flares as it was carrying out surveillance of a Russian frigate in the Baltic Sea. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a look at what Moscow’s motives might be for this seeming increase in incidents inside NATO and EU territory.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched a new wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia, the group claimed Monday, and also seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea, bolstering the rebels' ability to control a key maritime shipping route.

A drone hit a petrol station in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko ‌said, just a day after US President Donald Trump said Ukraine ⁠and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy assets. The attack “underlines the fact that it is not at all clearly defined what falls into the category of energy targets,” says France 24’s correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg.

Phil Foden is sent off for City, but Erling Haaland's controversial goal settles Manchester derby 1-0 at United.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a drone attack on its East-West Pipeline was launched from Iraq, causing injuries and damage.

Leaders of emerging powers including Russia and Iran projected a united front at a weekend summit in New Delhi, with a joint statement that targeted a US-launched war in the Middle East, Washington’s tariff campaign and its sanctions policy.

US forces have redirected 100 commercial vessels over the past 60 days since the blockade against Iran resumed, the Central Command says in an update on X.

The People’s Liberation Army may be seeking to give its frontline mechanised units mobile protection against the kind of drone-saturated battlefield that could emerge in a Taiwan conflict. Unverified images posted on mainland Chinese social media on August 29 show a new variant of the Type 19 amphibious 8x8 combat vehicle featuring a turret-mounted laser weapon and extra sensors alongside its standard autocannon. Janes, an open-source defence intelligence provider, reported in 2023 that vehicles...

On Bloomberg This Weekend, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Ray Takeyh says renewed Houthi attacks represent a significant setback for the US strategy of stabilizing regional oil flows and may indicate closer coordination between the group and Iran. Takeyh also tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that economic pressure has failed to force Tehran to change course, as new construction at the deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain complex raises questions about the future of Iran's nuclear program. (Source: Bloomberg)

The takeover solidifies the group's position in the Bab al-Mandeb, but holding it long-term could be difficult.

Crude jumped back above $100 a barrel this week and diesel surged past $6 a gallon in the US for the first time.

Israeli attacks come a week after it said to have established operational control over the strategic ridge.

The Swiss federal intelligence service on Thursday published a 200-page dossier on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, the German doctor known as the “Angel of Death” for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz. During World War II, Mengele served at the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, where about 1.1 million people were killed, around 1 million of them Jews. He became infamous for carrying out brutal medical experiments on inmates,...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized ⁠control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Hanish, the government sources told Reuters. Government forces and their allies are relocating south to Dhubab, which sits directly on the strait, across from the island of...

Ukrainians are losing more sleep, shopping for food is becoming harder and travel is often fraught with risk and delays.

An Israeli strike devastated a home in Gaza City’s al-Shati refugee camp, heavily damaging surrounding homes.

Brent oil topped $101 a barrel for the first time since July, as escalating attacks across the Middle East heightened concerns about further disruptions to energy flows. Bloomberg's Mike McGlone joins Bloomberg Intelligence to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)