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Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region have killed more than 175 people in five days.

The acting U.S. ambassador to the U.N. announced a renewed commitment to the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a resumption of U.S. contact with Palestinian leaders.

President Bush said the United States is "outraged" by human rights abuses in Myanmar and announces that Washington will tighten economic sanctions against the country's military rulers amid mass anti-government protests there.

In a landmark U.N. study, researchers found nearly half of the world's threatened migratory species have declining populations. More than a fifth of the assessed animals face extinction.

"We are facing so many situations of disasters. We badly need a symbol of hope. I strongly believe Cyprus can be the symbol of hope at the beginning of 2017," the U.N. Secretary-General said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump made another shift in his stance on Russia's war in Ukraine.

More than two months after a fierce 11-day war between Hamas and Israel, reconstruction on the devastated Gaza Strip is mostly on hold. Negotiations continue over what supplies can be allowed in.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres didn't mince words in describing a lack of international cooperation lately.

North Korea has tightened internal security since the announcement of the death of its leader Kim Jong Il. Kim had picked his son Kim Jong Un to replace him, and while it's not official yet, there are indications that the transition is moving forward.

Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the British prime minister said the global community needs to "listen to the warnings of the scientists."