PA leader intensifies efforts to persuade as many countries as possible to vote in favor of status upgrade at UN.

As Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in New York ahead of his appeal for UN non-member observer status later this week, British daily The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked his visit to Israel Tuesday by insisting that the loss of civilian life on both sides of the Gaza escalation was “unacceptable under any circumstances”, and he sought to lead international mediation efforts.

Argentina's president said Tuesday she has asked for a meeting with Iran over a 1994 terror attack in Buenos Aires that killed more than 80 people at a Jewish association in 1994, for which her country blames Tehran.

PA president accuses J'lem of ''promising new Nakba,'' executing ''ethnic cleansing'' against Palestinians, during fiery UNGA speech.

Prime minister tells UNGA red lines don't lead to war, but prevent war; says Iran will back down when boundaries are placed on its uranium enrichment; puts faith in US-Israeli cooperation on issue

“As the Prime Minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, I am working in every way so that Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in an unusual letter to the Israeli public before leaving for New York, to address the UN General Assembly hours after Yom Kippur.

Ibrahim Khraishi addresses UNHRC for Palestine to become ''fully fledged member state,'' accuses Israel of violations.

Human rights activists have slammed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his attendance at a summit of the 120-member Non Aligned Movement which opened on Sunday in Tehran, Iran.