UN chief warns world leaders of ‘an age of reckless disruption’

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is challenging world leaders to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power. He wants nations to come together rather than scramble for self-interests. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the U.N.’s founders faced the same questions 80 years ago. He told today’s world leaders at the opening of their annual gathering at the General Assembly that the choice of peace or war, law or lawlessness, cooperation or conflict, is even more urgent and more intertwined than ever. He said the world has entered an age of “relentless human suffering.”

Israel destroys evacuated health center in Gaza City, medics say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian medical charity says Israel destroyed its main center in Gaza City after ordering its evacuation. The Palestinian Medical Relief Society said an Israeli strike reduced its six-story building in the central Samer area to rubble. It said the center was one of the main facilities in the city providing blood donation and testing services, trauma care, cancer medicine and chronic disease treatment. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which launched an offensive aimed at occupying Gaza City earlier this month. Multiple hospitals in the famine-stricken city have been forced to shut down as Israel forces advance.

Trump and Zelenskyy meet at the UN as Ukraine presses for US help against Russia

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met President Donald Trump as he seeks additional U.S. help in defending his country from Russia’s onslaught of missiles, drones and bombs. The two presidents greeted each other warmly Tuesday on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders. As the fighting rages on, Trump said the “biggest progress” toward ending the conflict “is that the Russian economy is terrible right now.” Zelenskyy said Ukraine agreed with Trump’s call for European nations to further halt imports of Russian oil and natural gas. Peace efforts set in motion by Trump since he returned to office in January appear to have stalled.

A drone flyover above Copenhagen Airport prompts concerns that Russia was behind it

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Several unidentified drones shut down airspace over Copenhagen Airport. Monday night’s incident prompted concerns that Russia could be behind the flyover above Scandinavia’s largest airport. Police say there was no indication that the operators intended to cause harm to anyone and the drones disappeared after several hours. The incident caused a major disruption to air traffic in and out of the airport. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind the flyover. But Denmark’s prime minister and NATO’s secretary-general said Tuesday that Russian involvement couldn’t be ruled out.