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Raoni Metuktire has been an outspoken activist against Brazilian leaders who have been dismissive of the destruction plaguing the Amazon.

The president is scheduled to speak on Tuesday as world leaders gather at the United Nations in New York.

"U.S. sanctions are useless, they are also an award for revolutionaries, because they show that we are courageous, that we are on the right path, that we have not been led astray," Maduro said.

"Even if Trump himself is interested in negotiations, the people around him are committed to not letting that happen," said the president of the National Iranian American Council.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is "happy to talk with folks at any time."

The Canadian prime minister has suggested that ongoing negotiations with the U.S. over trade will continue.

"We can't rule...anything out as far as the U.S. is concerned. We can't rule out a military intervention," Daniel Ortega said.

President Hassan Rouhani's chief of staff said the current Iranian administration and the Iranian people "will not yield to pressure."

The two states have long clashed over the status of Kashmir, a disputed Muslim-majority region.

From an on-off bromance to a British government battle, there's plenty of potential for tension in the corridors of the United Nations.

If her speech at the UN is any indication, Theresa May prioritizes nationalist concerns over humanitarian ones.

Will China's increased commitment to the peacekeeping forces be a blessing or a curse?

If Abbas wants to abandon the Oslo Accords, he should resign and disband the Palestinian Authority.

When it comes to human rights, Putin has no right to throw stones at the U.S.

Russia's Syrian military adventure was meant to distract from Ukraine. Now Putin's fighting on two fronts.

Humans rights groups are fair game for the government, whether they're guilty or not.

The Israeli prime minister said that once international sanctions are lifted, "unleashed and unmuzzled, Iran will go on the prowl."

U.N. members voted earlier this month to allow the Palestinian and Vatican flags to fly.

Speaking at the U.N., Mahmoud Abbas said Israel violated the Oslo Accords.

Beijing currently has 3,000 troops on peacekeeping duty; the U.S. has less than 100.

The two leaders are to hold face-to-face talks on the Syrian conflict on Tuesday.

Chefs cooked a lunch entirely made out of food that would usually have been thrown away.

Asked about the talking points, a Kremlin spokesman said, "Guess in three turns."

Obama, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Iran's Hassan Rouhani will all address the U.N. today.

Meeting face to face beats long distance telephone and video conferencing every time.

The Portals project has connected U.S. cities to Afghanistan, Iran and Honduras.

Obama asked for more commitments to contain the disease, which has killed nearly 3,000, before it threatens global and regional security

#FreeAmir campaign posts new video and heightens efforts to bring former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati home as Iranian delegation arrives in New York

Amid global turmoil, the secretary-general says climate change will dominate General Assembly discussion along with Ebola and ISIS.