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Friday, January 2, 2026
TopicAntónio Guterres

Topic: António Guterres

UN starts process to elect Antonio Guterres’ successor, hints at a woman secretary-general

The 15-member Security Council will formally recommend a candidate to the 193-member General Assembly for election as the 10th U.N. secretary-general to take over from January 2027.

China’s Xi to host Putin, Modi, Guterres at SCO for political, security meet

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to host several world leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin from 31 August to 1 September.

Iran allies China, Russia, Pakistan draft UN resolution seeking immediate ceasefire in Middle East

New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Iran’s global allies Russia, China, and Pakistan Sunday circulated a joint draft resolution calling for...

UN chief visits Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazaar as WFP faces aid cuts after USAID shutdown

WFP warns it may cut Rohingya food rations from $12.50 to $6 per month in April due to funding shortages, sparking fears of rising hunger in overcrowded camps.

UN chief calls for ‘united’ world in 2025

Guterres urges nations to unite for a more peaceful, equal, stable, and healthy world.

UN chief condemns killing of three World Food Programme staff

Three aid workers were killed in Blue Nile State after an airstrike in Sudan Thursday.

UN chief welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Guterres hopes the agreement ends violence and suffering.

‘World must speak with one voice’, says UN Secretary-General

António Guterres called for an end to nuclear testing and enforcement of the CTBT.

‘Unites our divided world’ — UN calls for action to check extreme heat in 1st-of-its-kind joint report

UN Secy Gen outlined four areas of focus while releasing report on extreme heat: caring for vulnerable; protecting workers; boosting resilience; and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5℃.

‘Act of political violence’: World leaders condemn shooting at Donald Trump’s rally

Trump, 78, posted on social media that he had been shot in the upper part of his right ear and that there was 'much bleeding.'

On Camera

Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Two metals, copper and silver, are indelibly associated with mass electrification that is making coal, oil and gas redundant across the world.

Looking to 2026, India to bet on diversification of energy basket—not disengagement from Russia crude

US sanctions reshuffle India’s crude procurement, pushing refiners towards new intermediaries, the Middle East and Americas.

2025 was Indian Army’s year. New battalions & platoons, embracing next-gen warfare

Amidst a doctrinal shift towards joint theaterisation and greater synergy between the various wings of the forces, the Indian Army in 2025 moved further on its path to Vision@2047.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.