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/feed/2026/09/21/us-senior-advisor-massad-boulos-says-that-he-has-held-talks-with-egyptian-foreign-minister-badr-abdelatty-and-sudanese U.S. senior advisor Massad Boulos says that he has held talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in a effort to end the three-year long civil war. 1790093396 2026-09-21 834a13a235edb9fbc4686b23a7a2eef8e2a27e37 8 United Nations General Assembly meeting 2 /feed/2026/09/21/us-senior-advisor-massad-boulos-says-that-he-has-held-talks-with-sudanese-foreign-minister-mohieddin-salem-and-egyptia U.S. senior advisor Massad Boulos says that he has held talks with Sudanese foreign minister Mohieddin Salem and Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in an effort to end the three-year long civil war. 2026-08-19 39d1c0f2d000d673395892ce5a1d8e658007e844 18 United Nations 1 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88cc3b4823cece61a9c2ae95af958d64557adee0 39 Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian president 2 /feed/2026/05/14/palestinian-president-mahmoud-abbas-is-unanimously-re-elected-as-chairperson-of-the-fatah-movement Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is unanimously re-elected as chairperson of the Fatah movement. 2026-03-25 96f501bb1b919a30b69643b954adbfb40910e041 38 United Nations United Nations General Assembly 2 /feed/2026/03/25/the-united-nations-general-assembly-adopts-a-resolution-proposed-by-ghana-recognizing-the-atlantic-slave-trade-as-a-crim The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution proposed by Ghana recognizing the Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and calling for dialogue on reparations, despite opposition and abstentions from Western countries. 2025-12-18 f03a2326edc6d54fc6efb92409ef7f7e8f5f690c 4 United Nations United Nations General Assembly 2 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/feed/2025/08/29/united-states-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-blocks-palestinian-authority-president-mahmoud-abbas-and-80-other-officials United States secretary of state Marco Rubio blocks Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials from attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September by revoking their previously-valid travel visas. 2025-06-25 20b55336e20735a02bcb44ce960908312fcabdd8 /feed/2025/06/25/in-basketball-the-nba-draft-is-held-at-the-barclays-center-in-brooklyn-new-york-with-the-dallas-mavericks-selecting-d In basketball, the NBA Draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with the Dallas Mavericks selecting Duke player Cooper Flagg as the first overall pick. 1750991678 2025-06-25 798a8a8fcfd78939da84dad6c42292132de91534 18 New York City 1 /feed/2025/06/25/in-basketball-the-nba-draft-is-held-at-the-barclays-center-in-new-york-city-us-with-the-dallas-mavericks-selecting In basketball, the NBA Draft is held at the Barclays Center in New York City, U.S., with the Dallas Mavericks selecting Duke player Cooper Flagg as the first overall pick. 2025-04-6 21aa88f4cdcf9d46cc745198ac1d2034d2fc461e /feed/2025/04/6/four-children-are-injured-in-a-mass-stabbing-inside-a-house-in-bensonhurst-brooklyn-new-york-united-states-the-perpe Four children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, United States. The perpetrator was shot and critically injured by responding officers. 1744032763 2025-04-6 f3aadfad7491d8a1e7da909fefa8485500b6a3e9 19 New York City 1 /feed/2025/04/6/four-children-are-injured-in-a-mass-stabbing-inside-a-house-in-bensonhurst-brooklyn-new-york-city-new-york-united-st Four children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. The perpetrator was shot and critically injured by responding police officers. /feed/2026/09/17/the-united-nations-general-assembly-unga-votes-152-3-with-four-abstentions-to-allow-palestinian-president-mahmoud-ab Reuters 17 8d2859501ebda0bf533239b5b3f471b6a63ec0a5 9 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-allows-palestinian-president-again-speak-via-video-after-us-denies-visa-2026-09-17/ 2026 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) votes 152–3, with four abstentions, to allow Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials to address UN meetings, including the general debate of the eighty-first session of the UNGA, by video for one year after United States visa restrictions prevented their travel to New York City, where the UN headquarters are.