World leaders are gathering at one of the most turbulent and divisive moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations.

After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel was back in the spotlight at a high-level U.N. conference — and France and Saudi Arabia who spearheaded the effort are determined to keep up the momentum.

The United Nations will mark its 80th anniversary this month but there’s little to celebrate.

It’s one of the United Nations’ more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters.

The war in Ukraine and its visiting president take center stage at the United Nations this week.

Despite the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 world leaders are heading to New York for the annual high-level U.N. gathering.