Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered to engage in direct talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump days after the first U.S. strike on a boat from the South American country that Trump says was carrying drug traffickers.
The recent decision by several countries to recognize the State of Palestine has sparked controversy, largely because none of the conditions for credibility—set out just months ago by French President Emmanuel Macron—have been fulfilled.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday there has been progress on a security deal with Syria but an agreement was not imminent.
Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections under the new administration on October 5, the state news agency SANA announced on Sunday.
In a coordinated announcement on Sunday, Britain, Canada, and Australia formally recognized a Palestinian state, citing frustration with the ongoing Gaza war and the need to revive prospects for a two-state solution.
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa departed for the United States on Sunday to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to a statement broadcast by Syrian state television.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty traveled to New York on Sunday to take part in the High-Level Meetings of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80).
Britain's deputy prime minister said on Sunday that recognising a Palestinian state would not bring one into existence "overnight", stressing that recognition must be part of a broader peace process.
Israel's Airports Authority said the Allenby passenger terminal - the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan - would not be opened to traffic on Sunday, in coordination with the Jordanian side.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has left for New York to participate in an upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Qatar's Amiri Diwan said on Sunday.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he will raise the subject of Israel’s "massacres" in Gaza at the U.N. General Assembly and voiced hope that wider recognition of Palestine would speed efforts for a two-state solution.
World leaders gather in New York every September for several days of speeches at the annual United Nations General Assembly, which on Tuesday begins its 80th session.
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