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• The United Nations is facing a crisis of relevance eight decades after its creation to prevent global catastrophes and resolve disputes. • The organization is struggling as wars entrench and geopolitical rivalries intensify alongside risks from artificial intelligence and climate change.

• Conflict in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has disrupted a strategic global trade chokepoint. • The instability has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a route that previously handled roughly 20 percent of the global oil trade.

• Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday. • The discussions with the UK Foreign Secretary focused on global food and energy challenges caused by ongoing conflicts.

• The Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, has evolved from a local northern Yemeni militia into a regional power capable of projecting force beyond its borders. • Shipping diversions away from Houthi-controlled ports have restricted the inflow of essential food, medicine, and international aid.

• The United Nations recently demonstrated its continued utility despite appearing sidelined over the past year. • The organization has played a minimal role in the Gaza conflict and had no voice in the Iran conflict.

• Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to discuss global security and diplomacy. • He called for an immediate ceasefire and lasting peace in Ukraine and Sudan, emphasizing that solutions must be anchored in the United Nations Charter.

• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar represented India at the 81st UN General Assembly, meeting with European, Ukrainian, Arab, and Asian counterparts. • He emphasized a diplomatic framework focused on the "4Fs," which refers to the global stability of fuel, food, fertilizer, and finance.

• World leaders gathered on Sept. 22 for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss wars, climate change, and artificial intelligence. • Secretary-General António Guterres called for stronger regulations to prevent the risks posed by "runaway artificial intelligence."

• World leaders and key participants in major global conflicts spoke at the United Nations General Assembly summit on September 24, 2026. • The summit agenda focused heavily on the role and regulation of artificial intelligence.

• Rumtin Sepasspour and Inés Parmentier argue that the next UN Secretary-General will inherit an institutional system unable to manage complex global shocks. • The current system suffers from a mandate gap where agency roles are limited or overlap, and a financial gap where donors fund specific projects rather than pooled resources.

• Anti-Israel protesters hung an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 24 while he spoke at the United Nations. • Reports indicate that actress Susan Sarandon and comedian Hannah Einbinder were arrested during the demonstrations.

Plans to modernise ‘Paris’s ugliest building’ at a standstill after clashes over plans and pricingIt has been called a carbuncle on the Paris skyline, a sombre skyscraper where visitors to its viewing platform often joke that the city looks better when you can’t see the building itself.The much-maligned Tour Montparnasse, a lone, dark monolith with tinted windows rising above a historic neighbourhood in the south of the city, is once again at the centre of controversy after its long-awaited renovation was halted this week because of disagreements between its many private co-owners. Continue reading...