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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, responding to a question about the recent attacks against Muslims and Christians in India, said Wednesday that religious hatred was “totally unacceptable”.

The UN chief, back from his trip to New Delhi for the G20 leaders’ summit, was asked by a Pakistani journalist whether in light of the summit’s declaration, which deplored all acts of religious hatred, he raised with the Indian leadership the recent violence against the minorities by Hindu extremists in India.

UN, September 13. /TASS/: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will discuss the renewal of the grain deal with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as well as with presidents of Turkey and Ukraine Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Zelensky next week. The discussions will be held at personal meetings as part of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan condemned on Monday the recent deadly attacks on residential areas of Khartoum.

Clementine Nkweta-Salami, in a Tweet on X, formerly known as Twitter, said indiscriminate attacks which killed and wounded dozens of people in a market on Sunday "are completely unacceptable and violate international humanitarian law."

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over the past two decades, U.S. involvement in conflicts including Iraq and Afghanistan has rung up an unimaginably high toll, with the cost of the so-called Global War on Terror (GWOT) reaching over 5.8 trillion U.S. dollars, reported The Hill on Saturday.

"It's not simply the direct cost of executing war. It's the cost affecting the fabric of our communities for generations after decades of war," said the report.

The cost of care for post-9/11 veterans is estimated to soar up to an astonishing 2.5 trillion dollars by 2050, it said.

NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue Airways said Monday it has reached agreement to turn over Spirit Airlines’ operations at airports in Boston and Newark, New Jersey, as JetBlue ramps up its effort to win regulatory or court approval to buy Spirit.

JetBlue CEO Robin Hays said the announcement “is aimed at removing any doubt of our commitment to promoting competition.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero Monday.

The bipartisan group of politicians was not scheduled to speak at the ceremony, marking the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. The solemn ceremony in lower Manhattan was instead focused on the hourslong reading of the names of the dead.

NEW YORK (AP) — With tolling bells, personal tributes and tears, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 at anniversary observances that stretched from ground zero to small towns.

People gathered at memorials, firehouses, city halls, campuses and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The world is way off course to decrease global warming, the United Nations warned, urging for more action to phase out fossil fuels and achieve the 2015 Paris climate agreement goals.

“The Paris Agreement has driven near-universal climate action by setting goals and sending signals to the world regarding the urgency of responding to the climate crisis,” the UN said in its first Global Stocktake Report. “While action is proceeding, much more is needed now on all fronts.”

NEW YORK, September 9. /TASS/: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is urging several Group of 20 leaders to meet some of Russia’s demands to try to revive the grain deal, Bloomberg said citing Turkish officials.

NEW YORK, September 9. /TASS/: ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles may be included in a new US military aid package for Ukraine, the issue is currently under consideration in the US administration, the ABC TV channel reported, citing sources.

"They are coming," a US official told ABC, adding that, however, Washington's plans for this type of weapon could change. Another US administration official added that the issue of the ATACMS deliveries is now "on the table" and that the missiles could be included in the next US military aid package.