After renewed strikes and counterstrikes involving Iran and the United States, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate halt to attacks, maximum restraint and restored freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Trump administration has begun an effort to challenge and isolate the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, opening a new diplomatic dispute with the court’s 125 member states.
A United Nations committee will meet in New York from August 31 through September 4, 2026, to prepare a future diplomatic conference on protecting people affected by disasters.
The seabed authority set an October 1 deadline for more proposals but left commercial-mining rules, oversight and a key institutional dispute unresolved.
UNHCR’s new campaign marks 75 years of the Refugee Convention while putting political pledges to a practical test: asylum access, safe returns and support.
The bloc’s new asylum rules began on June 12, starting uniform screening, faster returns, and a solidarity mechanism for pressured states.
