“International challenges are moving faster than our ability to solve them,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned ahead of the UN’s signature annual event.

With Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas expected to address the General Assembly this week, there could be combustible moments, AFP says.

Today, representatives of Turkiye, Jordan, Qatar, Iran and Algeria are slated to take the podium to press for a Gaza ceasefire after nearly one year of conflict. Ukraine will also be on the agenda.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has called for an urgent meeting of Arab leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly over the crisis in Lebanon.