King Abdullah II of Jordan addressed delegates at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and issued a stark warning on global security. “I cannot recall a time of greater peril than this,” King Abdullah II said.

Follow our full coverage of the UN General Assembly Jordan’s King Abdullah II told the UN General Assembly that Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to an attack on the UN and called on the international community to establish a humanitarian gateway to flow aid into Gaza.

Jordan will never become an alternative location for a Palestinian state, the country’s King Abdullah told the United Nations General Assembly, during a speech devoted to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the United Nations is facing an unprecedented crisis, one that threatens its legitimacy and undermines global trust in its moral authority.

Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a reformist government on Wednesday tasked with accelerating IMF-backed reforms and pushing through political and economic modernisation plans, officials said.

Nearly a year of war in Gaza has battered Israel's economy, and poverty is now threatening communities including in areas far removed from the fighting against Hamas.