Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2025.
He became the first Syrian head of state to attend the annual gathering in almost six decades.
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The last Syrian leader to attend the UNGA was President Nureddin al-Atassi, who ruled before the al-Assad family came to power in 1971 and maintained its rule until al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024.
In 2025, Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya.
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Nicolas is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.
On 25 September 2025, Former French president
Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy
over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya.
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Nicolas is a French politician who served as
President of France from 2007 to 2012.
Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, who has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for plotting a military coup and seeking to destroy the country's democracy after the 2022 election.
In 2025, he was sentenced a total of 27 years and 3 months in prison.
He remained president of Brazil from 2019 to 2022.
Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, who has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for plotting a military coup and seeking to destroy the country's democracy after the 2022 election.
In 2025, he was sentenced a total of 27 years and 3 months in prison.
He remained president of Brazil from 2019 to 2022.
In a significant political development, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on September 7, 2025, just weeks after his party’s historic electoral defeat in the July polls.
Ishiba’s departure as President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) comes less than a year after he took office, plunging Japan into a phase of renewed political uncertainty.
